Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: kattracks; SheLion
Smuggling is as American as apple pie and has a history extending back to Colonial times.

Maine has a long tradition of smuggling that continued right through the Civil War.

18 posted on 08/06/2002 4:43:32 AM PDT by metesky
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: metesky
"When they did a similar gigantic tax in Canada in 1992-93, they created a $1 billion smuggling industry," Lipsky pointed out the day before the tax took effect. "Two years later, they repealed the tax."

STARTLING SMOKE $IGNALS

19 posted on 08/06/2002 4:48:04 AM PDT by kattracks
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies ]

To: metesky
Maine has a long tradition of smuggling that continued right through the Civil War.

Good article,there, metesky. I had no idea!

25 posted on 08/06/2002 6:24:06 AM PDT by SheLion
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson