The last I heard, cigarettes in NYC were $7.50 a pack. What person in their right mind is going to pay that!
Posted on 05/29/2005 6:22:32 AM PDT by John W
No proof,no letter is my mantra. Not,of course,that I would ever be in that situation.:>)
Well, what upsets me is that anyone can get porn world wide from the Net, and also alcohol. Nothing is said about that.
But when it comes to cigarettes the lawmakers become obsessed.
That's because most lawmakers are nuts!!!!!!!
The heady days of the bootlegger are not far away if these idiots don't use their heads.In fact I think bootlegging is a big problem in NYC already.
Morons!
The last I heard, cigarettes in NYC were $7.50 a pack. What person in their right mind is going to pay that!
With about $4.50 as tax. Only an idiot would pay that.
Yep.
Only 3 ways to be *legally* served...
and bulk mail ain't one of them!
I sure would hate to have to pay that!
When I started smoking, cigarettes were 37 cents a pack. In the vending machine, I put in 40 cents and got back 3 penny's with the pack of cigarettes.
Look how far the price has gone already! Really ridiculous!
sorry it took me so long to respond - I actually turned the danged thing off and went to the store and then to a garden center I hadn't been to since it reopenned under new ownership. I can not believe that a garden center would actually be closed today - but it was. To heck with them, tomorrow I will go to the one I usually deal with, which is actually closer to me than the one I tried today.
Here it is a holiday weekend and the weather is finally decent enough for home gardeners to start planting things and they aren't open???? That makes absolutely no sense to me, especially when they are right on the main highway and have all kinds of signs about fresh produce in addition to the plants..........NUTS in my mind.
That's my mantra as well - unfortunately it doesn't work with the IRS........but that's a whole 'nother hill of beans discussion.
Norm Kjono has at least one column on FORCES about just that thing. If I remember correctly it is "Butts to Bullets" and gives an excellent explanation about how the legislators in the various states are actually helping to fund the terrorism that is killing our men and women in the Armed Forces. Every time the taxes are cranked up, smokers will find another venue to purchase, and many are actually going to the black market.
Remind your legislators of that. Not only are they not going to see the revenue they anticipate because smokers WILL go elsewhere, by forcing the smokers to go elsewhere they (the legislators) who are supposedly elected to help protect us are actually helping fund thos ethat wish us ill.
The number 1 way of eliminating the black market and thus increasing state revenue is by CUTTING cigarette taxes.
BINGO!!!!!!!!!
It would cost the various states a whole lot less, and they would actually increase their revenue if they cut the cigarette taxes.
Well while you were milling around in the traffic and getting nothing done, I started the bull painting and I am quite pleased with it. Oh course, I could ruin it at any time. LOL
I would assume, it's kinda' like trying to enjoy a refreshing cup of tea in the 18th century.
But there is more to the agenda than just revenue isn't there.
I'm so happy to hear you got some work done on your bull painting - I really hope you take a picture of it when it's complete - I would love to see it.
Of course there is. But I truly like the idea of reminding them that by increasing the cigarette tax they are actually driving people to find other means of purchasing and that is often the blackmarket, a blackmarket that has been shown to be funding terrorist groups - thus, anyone who supports higher cigarette taxes is actually a supporter of terrorists seeking to kill our men and women in uniform, and us.
In other words - they are TRAITORS.
You have spoken well my words Gabz!
You have shown to be more talented in your conveyance than I! ; (
Fly your flag high tomorrow in remembrance of those who have done more to support our freedoms than any one else.
This will be the first Memorial Day for me after the passing of my Father who was a proud member of the "Army Air Corp" during WWII.
Our flag is flying high and proudly my FRiend and I will offer a prayer of thanks for your dad and a request that he continue to look out for the rest of us.
I can not say it any clearer - anyone supporting increases in cigarette taxes is supporting terrorism. Good grief - even the BATF has stated that.
This is an election year in Virginia - but I am holding off going really public with this position until after the June primaries. The Democrat candidate for Governor is not going to appreciate being called a traitor and supporter of terrorists on July 1st when our cigarette tax goes up another 10cents a pack. My local delegate, who happens to be a friend, and our attorney is also not going to like it when I add him into it. Too bad.
My husband orders from Thompson in Tampa - we do not live in a state where they don't deliver!!!!!
But thank you for all the links!
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