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Maine: State bills smoker for online buys
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| September 06, 2006
Posted on 09/06/2006 10:08:11 AM PDT by SheLion
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This state is ridiculous!They recently raised cigarette taxes to TWO DOLLARS A PACK and $20 DOLLARS ON EACH CARTON.
Dorals? The lowest cigarettes on the totem pole cost $90 dollars for TWO CARTONS! And Maine wonders why the poor Mainers are forced to go elsewhere for this legal commodity!
IT'S THE AMERICAN WAY TO SHOP CHEAP and it's the LAWMAKERS DESIRES TO RAPE US BLIND!
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:08:17 AM PDT
by
SheLion
To: Just another Joe; Madame Dufarge; Cantiloper; metesky; Judith Anne; lockjaw02; Mears; CSM; ...
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:08:43 AM PDT
by
SheLion
("If you're legal, you can fly with the Eagle!" - Michael Anthony)
To: SheLion
Since Maine went Communist,it's joined Vermount and a few others on my boycott list.
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:10:13 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
To: MaineVoter2002; ME Conservative; spartan68; Madame Dufarge; busybody; Severa; SheLion; ...
"The main thing is the excise tax keeps Maine retailers on a level playing field," said Campbell, referring to the need for Maine tobacco sellers to compete with online outlets. LEVEL PLAYING FIELD? How can Maine SAY that when cigarettes in the state cost and arm and a leg! It's not the tobacco sellers faults. IT'S THE DAMN GLUTTON LAWMAKERS that did this to our state!!!!
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:11:33 AM PDT
by
SheLion
("If you're legal, you can fly with the Eagle!" - Michael Anthony)
To: SheLion
Here's a question, how did they get the sales and shipment reports from mail order vendors in other states?
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:13:00 AM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: SheLion
The taxes, penalties and interest on online tobacco purchases can add up quickly. Brayman, who says she is on a limited disability income, still smokes at least two packs a day, but no longer buys online. At that rate, her habit costs at least $120 a month in excise tax alone. I find it interesting that the state chooses to pick on a woman who is lives on a disability income which of course is already provided by the state. Moreover, since Brayman is unemployed she has much more opportunity to smoke than most smokers who are not permitted to smoke at the workplace.
To: Spktyr
That's a very good question. Let me know if you find out.
Carolyn
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:15:24 AM PDT
by
CDHart
("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
To: Spktyr
Some sites, including BuyCheapCigarettes.com, display a disclaimer that they report all sales and shipments to the customer's home state.
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The answer to your question (pulled from the article).
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:15:45 AM PDT
by
dmz
To: CDHart
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:16:12 AM PDT
by
dmz
To: SheLion
Are there any Indian reserves in Maine? Up here there are several within two hours of Toronto that sell premium native brands for CAD $30 (USD $24) and generics for $15-20. National brands in the city are $70/carton.
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:17:32 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(Pluto's been marginalized! Call the ACLU!)
To: SheLion
who says she is on a limited disability income, still smokes at least two packs a day
Ah...Houston, we have a problem...
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:17:41 AM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: SheLion
Robin Brayman, a 44-year-old Greenfield resident, thought she had saved quite a bit of money buying cigarettes online, until she received a bill from the state demanding more than $2,000 in unpaid sales and cigarette taxes. Armed robbery under color of law at it's finest. She should just send a big FU back to the state.
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:18:53 AM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Property tax is feudalism. Income taxes are armed robbery of the minority by the majority.)
To: P-40
You should be concerned since it is Your Tax Dollars being used to Pay Her Taxes on cigarettes.
To: SheLion
"The main thing is the excise tax keeps Maine retailers on a level playing field," said Campbell,Proof that The State is only looking out for your health and welfare with these onerous taxes (nyuk, nyuk).
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:20:04 AM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Rabid ethnicist.)
To: Centurion2000
Every year when I file my income taxes and send that check to the state and feds I put.....FU thieves! on the memo line. They still cash the checks.
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:20:04 AM PDT
by
sheana
To: Squawk 8888
National brands in the city are $70/carton. You're kidding right? I pay $26 a carton here.
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:20:32 AM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Property tax is feudalism. Income taxes are armed robbery of the minority by the majority.)
To: trumandogz
You should be concerned since it is Your Tax Dollars being used to Pay Her Taxes on cigarettes. It's tax dollars paying for her cigarettes in the first place.
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:21:51 AM PDT
by
Wolfie
To: sheana
I staple tea bags to mine.
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:21:55 AM PDT
by
beltfed308
(Nanny Statists are Ameba's.)
To: Centurion2000
Yeah, more than that in NYC. In 2002, a pack of cigs there cost something like $7.80! Yikes!
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:22:15 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
To: Spktyr
"....how did they get the sales and shipment reports from mail order vendors in other states?"
Because we have allowed BIG BROTHER to look into every aspect of our life. From your medical records to your monthly phone calls, they know everything about you.
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