Do you suppose New Hampshire is bribing them to do this? Surely, they wouldn't prop up NH's economy for free, at the expense of MA . . . they'd have to be really stupid . . . oh, wait -- this is the MA legislature we're talking about. Never mind!
It struck me this a.m. that even more MA-ites will be driving up! And the thing is that, when you go to NH for cigarettes, you can't help noticing how much lower prices in general are, not to mention no sales tax and no bottle bill, and . . . well, you get the picture. MA recession/depression, here we come!
They have a new commercial on how business-friendly MA is -- there really is one born every minute, I guess!
Fri show ping
“Yes We Can ~ Tax the #$%@ out of you”
New Hampshire, and all surrounding states are going to make a ton of tax money on this.
Road Trip
This tax will push a lot of smokers to buy in bulk elsewhere instead of picking up a pack at a store like getting a coffee. Even if you would burn $4 of gas to get there the $10+++ savings is going to well make up for it.
Any store within a half hour of a border is going to suffer.
I bet most stores fall into that radius.