Freedom depends on smugglers.
To: bamahead
2 posted on
11/05/2009 7:53:05 PM PST by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: elkfersupper
A lot of smugglers would not exist if not for high taxation and nanny state laws.
To: elkfersupper
One day I had too much time on my hands and I measured a freind’s pack of cigarettes. I calculated how many packs would fit in a semi-truck van (8’w x 48’L x 9’h), then multiplied by $5/pack. It was in the millions! Truck-jacking could be real profitable.
4 posted on
11/05/2009 7:57:20 PM PST by
umgud
(I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
To: elkfersupper
100% profit in Obamatimes makes it worth the effort (and gamble)
5 posted on
11/05/2009 7:59:09 PM PST by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: elkfersupper
We could get rid of these smugglers if we would just legalize tobacco.......
6 posted on
11/05/2009 8:01:48 PM PST by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: elkfersupper
Freedom depends on smugglers. Pretty much.
7 posted on
11/05/2009 8:02:11 PM PST by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: elkfersupper
Fall’s Church. This is most likely a Muslim operation financing Hizballah.
To: elkfersupper
I’m not getting something here. 77 million cigarettes divided by 8 million dollars equals $9.63 per cigarette.
What am I missing here?
To: elkfersupper
Freedom depends on smugglers. John Hancock was a smuggler.
44 posted on
11/05/2009 11:57:13 PM PST by
SUSSA
To: elkfersupper
Meanwhile the other several billion cigarettes that got through are being sold at record profits. The black market hails the Fed and thanks them for this unexpected bonus. Keep raising those taxes, boys!
45 posted on
11/06/2009 4:36:05 AM PST by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: elkfersupper
Look - I just smoke a lot, okay?
To: elkfersupper; Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; akatel; albertp; AlexandriaDuke; Alexander Rubin; ...
Cigarette smuggling has increased in recent years as high taxes in New York and elsewhere have made the crime more profitable.
Heavy taxation to influence behavior (one step removed from prohibition) does absolutely nothing for those behaviors, and usually has a negative impact on gubermint revenue. But it definitely enhances the revenue stream for the common smuggler, and encourages behaviors like taking out a contract on your rivals.
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48 posted on
11/06/2009 8:41:13 AM PST by
bamahead
(Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding. -- B.H. Liddell Hart)
To: elkfersupper
14 People Charged With Illegally Purchasing 77M CigarettesSmoke much?
I agree with you about smuggling. When the government is in such complete control that you have to do what they tell you without any assent on your part, they can be a lot more totalitarian. If they know their demands must be viewed by most people as at least semi-legitimate or the people may choose non-compliance, they have to put on their nice face, so it benefits everyone. Tax compliance the same way.
49 posted on
11/06/2009 9:40:40 AM PST by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: elkfersupper; stephenjohnbanker; FBD
"Freedom depends on smugglers." LOL!!!!!!
Yea, it's true.
Cig *smuggling* is an enormous business in WI.
Yup, and the "deals" being resold here?
Coming from right across the state line in none other than zerO's home state. Illinois. LOL!!!!
Guess Doyle's got to direct his Wisconsin State Patrol to set up *road blocks* on boarder highways & roads, now.
Can take a lesson from CA, call 'em fruit checks.
Considering the double-entendre potential, they'll undoubtedly find plenty of both! LOL
53 posted on
11/06/2009 11:23:09 AM PST by
Landru
(Forget the pebble Grasshopper, just leave.)
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