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Holy smokes: State sends Pleasant Hill man hefty cigarette tax bill
Contra Costa Times ^
| 8/28/11
| Lisa P. White
Posted on 08/28/2011 3:11:07 PM PDT by SmithL
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posted on
08/28/2011 3:11:12 PM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
He should have driven to another state and loaded down his trunk and then sold them to his neighbors.
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posted on
08/28/2011 3:14:10 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: SmithL
If the heavy tax burden is not enough incentive to quit smoking then I have no sympathy. Pay the freight, knock yourselves out.
To: SmithL
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posted on
08/28/2011 3:16:58 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: SmithL
“State Board of Equalization”
At least they are honest about their purpose.
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posted on
08/28/2011 3:17:11 PM PDT
by
hiho hiho
To: hinckley buzzard
Last line of the story at the link:
The good news? Brodman and his wife quit smoking a few years ago when the price of a pack of cigarettes reached $5.
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posted on
08/28/2011 3:17:36 PM PDT
by
John W
(Natural-born US citizen since 1955)
To: GeronL
They have people out looking for just such across the line purchasers...
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posted on
08/28/2011 3:18:31 PM PDT
by
ltc8k6
To: SmithL
Meathead wants his tribute.
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posted on
08/28/2011 3:18:55 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Palin is coming, and the Tea Party is coming with her.)
To: SmithL
The state taxes are determined by the citizens of that state. If the people of California do not like paying high taxes for cigarettes, then why don’t they just lower those taxes?
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posted on
08/28/2011 3:19:30 PM PDT
by
CGalen
To: GeronL
That just might get him jail time.
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posted on
08/28/2011 3:19:42 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: hinckley buzzard
Today it's cigs...tomorrow..whatever you may use...
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posted on
08/28/2011 3:22:23 PM PDT
by
Crim
(Palin / West '12)
To: SmithL
In fiscal year 2010-11, the Board of Equalization issued 1,723 bills under the "Cigarette Internet Program," collecting about $1.6 million in revenue. Of that amount, $1.4 million was excise tax and $234,193 was use tax.Sounds like the state can't afford for people to not smoke.
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posted on
08/28/2011 3:24:49 PM PDT
by
optiguy
(Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.----- Ronald Reagan)
To: Crim
"Today it's cigs...tomorrow..whatever you may use... "
It's amazing how many people do not get that, even ones who claim to be conservative. It's the basic liberal club entry test "Do you agree other people should pay more taxes".
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posted on
08/28/2011 3:29:24 PM PDT
by
JoSixChip
(Top 10% of wage earners pay 70% of total income taxes collected. Bottom 50% pay less then 3%, fair?)
To: hinckley buzzard
If the heavy tax burden is not enough incentive to quit smoking then I have no sympathy. IIRC, Ohio was funding a number of state program from the funds collected from taxing cigarettes. When the state cranked up the tax, the income from the tax actually fell, and I recall the state complaining about the lack of funds.
When the government shakedown of the tobacco industry came about, I sent an email to RJ Reynolds. I told them that they should just agree with the congress-critters, and say, "Yup, we've been bad. Tobacco is bad. To make up for it, we will no longer sell cigarettes in the US, we will no longer buy tobacco from American farmers, and we will move our production to another country. That way we will no longer participate in the harming of Americans.
The congress-critters collective heads would explode! I believe that states and the federal government actually make more on the sale of cigarettes than the retailer or manufacturers. And NYC has cranked up the tax on cigarettes to the point that a pack is about $10!
Mark
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posted on
08/28/2011 3:32:32 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: SmithL
“The State Board of Equalization”...has a Nazi ring to it, eh? Also has an ObamaNation ring to it. Go figure!!!
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posted on
08/28/2011 3:34:42 PM PDT
by
TheConservativeParty
(PALIN 45 -The cure for "meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Resisting Tyranny Since 1-20-2009)
To: optiguy
the Board of EqualizationI bet this "Board" is chalk full of little Mussolini's.
To: SmithL
I don’t think you can buy cancer sticks online anymore can you? The Post Office won’t ship them and FedEx/UPS won’t either.
Is online still an option?
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posted on
08/28/2011 3:35:36 PM PDT
by
Drango
(NO-vember is payback for April 15th)
To: Drango
You can get cigars online, I know that.
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posted on
08/28/2011 3:36:56 PM PDT
by
HerrBlucher
("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." G.K. Chesterton)
To: CGalen
“The state taxes are determined by the citizens of that state. If the people of California do not like paying high taxes for cigarettes, then why dont they just lower those taxes?”
The state and federal supreme court would probably deem
that unconstitutional. Good luck Kalifornia, your toast.
Eventually it will be cheaper to just give the libtard state
to Mexico rather than let it continue to mooch of the rest
of the country.
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posted on
08/28/2011 3:37:02 PM PDT
by
Slambat
(The right to keep and bear arms. Anything one man can carry, drive or pull.)
To: hinckley buzzard
If the heavy tax burden is not enough incentive to quit smoking then I have no sympathy. Pay the freight, knock yourselves out.I'm pretty sure you like something that we could tax out of your lifestyle if enough of us don't like you using it.
The manufacturers, distributors and retailers make so little on this LEGAL product that it is ridiculous.
The state and federal gooberments make billions without contributing anything to the manufacture, distribution, marketing or sale of the product.
That is Totalitarianism in my book, is extremely offensive and needs to be stopped right now.
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posted on
08/28/2011 3:38:17 PM PDT
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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