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To: SheLion

I just read the prop ... an EXTRA $2.60 per pack - you know I don't feel the same way about smoking around other people as you do...but damn... an extra $2.60 is getting into Boston Tea Party Territory.

I've got to agree with you on this - at that point its not really about just taxation anymore - its back door prohibition and an invitation to smuggling.


7 posted on 11/07/2006 2:52:52 AM PST by gondramB (It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.)
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To: gondramB
I just read the prop ... an EXTRA $2.60 per pack - you know I don't feel the same way about smoking around other people as you do...but damn... an extra $2.60 is getting into Boston Tea Party Territory.

I've got to agree with you on this - at that point its not really about just taxation anymore - its back door prohibition and an invitation to smuggling.

Exactly! And it's a Legal Product for heaven's sake.  I wonder if any other group would put up with having their Twinkies or Beer and Wine taxed this way. I doubt it.

And when something hits our Seniors and Vets, it's going way over the top. 

Maine already raised the taxes to $2 dollars on a pack and $20 dollars on a carton.  Can you believe this?

10 posted on 11/07/2006 3:00:15 AM PST by SheLion (When you're right, take up the fight!!!!!)
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