I distinctly remember there were two years (can't remember when though) when the MA tax form had a line for "Income from illegal sources"! I guess it didn't work out that well . . . I guess the state reps declined to fill it in! ;-)
ME is following the same suicidal motif as MA -- who would shop there who didn't have to? A friend of mine goes to NH once or twice a month, primarily for cigarettes for her husband. She said the savings, even apart from the cigarettes, more than covered the cost of the gas. I tagged along once to see for myself -- now she takes me every time, and I do virtually all my grocery shopping there. The in-between weeks, I spend maybe $10 or $15 in MA -- if Stop & Shop has any good specials.
I had to look up your comment on taxes for illegal activity:
Bingo - here’s one
COMMONWEALTH vs. RICHARD N. BOGANNAM
~snip~ this court case is from 2001
Tipped by the Peabody police that the defendant, Richard Bogannam, had been arrested for trafficking in a controlled substance, G. L. c. 94C, § 32E, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue initiated an investigation into the defendant’s income tax returns, through its special investigations unit. After his indictment on the criminal charge in 1990, but before his ultimate plea of guilty in July, 1991,(1) the special investigations unit issued a notice of assessment and a notice of filing of Massachusetts tax lien, claiming unpaid taxes on income derived as a result of illegal activities for the years 1989 and 1990.(2) The defendant paid the income tax assessed, and, for amounts due in tax year 1989, also paid interest, additional penalties for failure to report the income, and a jeopardy assessment, all pursuant to G. L. c. 62C, §§ 26(d),(3) 28, and 29
~Can’t make this stuff up~
Looks like the company vehicle will be making weekly trips to NH for cigarettes.Don’t want to,but$6.50+ a pack is too rich for my nicotine flavored blood