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The truth comes out!
2 posted on
03/28/2006 2:40:37 AM PST by
SheLion
(Trying to make a life in the BLUE state of Maine!)
To: albertp; Allosaurs_r_us; Abram; AlexandriaDuke; Americanwolf; Annie03; Baby Bear; bassmaner; ...
Libertarian ping.To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here
3 posted on
03/28/2006 2:42:13 AM PST by
freepatriot32
(Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
To: All
Read how much Mississippi smokers pay into the state economy every time the pay taxes on cigarettes. And where does this money go? Your guess is as good as mine! Mississippi Information
Mississippi's excise tax per pack of cigarettes: $0.180
Mississippi's excise tax collection for the
fiscal year ending June 2002: $47,071,000
Sales tax on tobacco products: 7.00%
Federal excise tax per pack of cigarettes: $0.39
Total federal excise tax collections in fiscal year 2002: $7,512,700,000
Comparing Excise Taxes on Cigarettes, Beer and WineNumber of six-packs of beer that must be sold in Mississippi to produce the same state excise tax revenue generated by one carton of cigarettes: 7.5
Number of bottles of wine that must be sold in Mississippi to produce the same state excise tax revenue generated by one carton of cigarettes: 26
Mississippi Smokers' Contributionsto the State Economy - 2001 Mississippi smokers comprise only 23.5% of the adult population in the state. Here is what they already pay because they choose to buy a legal product:
Smokers Pay Excise Taxes1 |
$ |
48,346,560 |
Smokers Pay Sales Taxes1 |
$ |
56,404,320 |
Smokers Pay Tobacco Settlement Payments2 |
$ |
203,800,000 |
|
$ |
308,550,880 |
4 posted on
03/28/2006 2:48:39 AM PST by
SheLion
(Trying to make a life in the BLUE state of Maine!)
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