Posted on 05/07/2008 10:04:33 AM PDT by Disturbin
The politicians in Mass have never met a tax they didn't love.
Wait until they go after junk food.
$5.41 average?! That means a pack of Marlboros must be like $7.25 after the tax hike!
And I was glad that I quit smoking just before they got near $4 here in NC.
Taxachusetts.
I would also mention these political rats pretend to hate tobacco when in reality they love to make money off a habit that does tremendous damage to addicted individuals.
It must not just be the politicians, because the massholes keep electing them. They don't just get elected by accident.
People live there because? I just can't think of a good reason.
In regards to the corporate tax laws, this can only be good news for the other 49 states. We aren't very happy that Mass. is trying to get their cigarette smokers to leave as well.
And drive shoppers to the nearby states. May the Pols in Massachuesetts get another Massachussets miricle and 50% less revenue.
Where’s John Hancock when you need him?
>>The average price of a pack of cigarettes is $5.41
Soon to be $64 a carton plus sales tax!? Smells like a golden business opportunity for tobacco runners.
carolyn
Doesn't occur to these yahoos that maybe they're spending $1.3 billion too much instead of being short $1.3 billion, does it?
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Exactly — smokers who live anywhere near the NH border buy their smokes up there. Store owners know it and there is little they can do about it.
A tax on the poor that liberals support.
LOL, we are already losing population. Supposedly we will lose at least one House seat after the 2010 census.
Ok, here’s a question, and believe me, I am no economist...
but these tobacco companies pay high taxes, right? And a buck a pack will decrease the amount of cigs bought (I’m assuming, it would for me!), therefore decreasing income and profit for the tobacco companies. That would decrease the amount of taxes paid by the corporation, right?
Maybe I’m confused.
Oughta make the cigarette smugglers happy.
People live there because? I just can't think of a good reason.
Well, sorting out the lesser of two evils in Massachusetts is not much different than in national politics. Maybe you see a big difference between McCain and Obama. I sure don't. But, you and I are going to vote for one of them. Can you think of a good reaon to live here in the US?
I hope they don’t prematurely spend the anticipated revenues, because they’ll never materialize.
When I was in college, I paid $3.19.....a carton.
I was buying beer in a local 7-11 and the store guy mentioned that Natural Light had gone up 20 cents to $3.99. I countered with “In college I paid $3.19 a carton for cigarettes and $3.29 a 6 pack for Natural Light.” The college kid buying a pack of Parliments almost chocked to death because he just paid $4.00 for a pack of cigs
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