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To: RCW2001; *all
Smokers, Fight Back!

Why Let YOU STATE Soak You For Discriminatory Tobacco Taxes?

Low Prices, High Quality And No Taxes Are As Close And Easy As Your Telephone, Fax, Mailbox Or Computer!

Post #5

This might help some of you!!

28 posted on 07/10/2002 10:58:24 AM PDT by SheLion
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To: SheLion; Just another Joe
Up another $4.00 per carton here in Illinois effective July 1st. Here is the text of an email to my State Senator, for whom I have worked in the past several elections:

Hi Dave,

Just a note to let you know how disappointed I am in the spineless way our elected officials "balanced" the state budget -- especially in regard to the increase in cigarette taxes. Here's what I'm going to do about it (and will encourage others to do likewise):

I will no longer buy cigarettes in Illinois -- I will make the trip to Indiana every couple of weeks to stock up. What's more, I'll be filling up the tank on my SUV over there each time I go to save some additional bucks. As long as I'm there, I might as well do some other shopping as well -- and perhaps stop by one of their casinos for a little gaming.

In short, I will do whatever it takes to minimize the tax revenues I generate for Illinois.

Maybe, one day, you guys will wake up and figure out you're killing the golden goose.

38 posted on 07/10/2002 3:50:02 PM PDT by TheRightGuy
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