[Publius6961]

You are absolutely right about everything you say.
My point is that it is a tactical victory but a strategic disaster to allow selective taxation at any stage of the prohibition process.

[Bonaparte]

To simply allow it, to any degree at all, is foolhardy. No argument there. However, before directly defying the state's power to tax, it's wise to ask ourselves if this is the ditch we want to die in. Much better, to my mind, is to make collection of the tax cost them more than it's worth. That's why I've gone on a rampage against California. I cost them thousands of dollars every year and I show others how to do the same thing and save lots of money while doing so. Last summer, when I heard that the state legislature was going to bump the cost of a pack to $8, I was ecstatic and still am. It will make it that much easier for me to help them kill the goose that lays their golden egg. California is now ~27 billion in debt. When that figure reaches 100 billion and nobody will extend this state credit, I will have accomplished my goal.