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Smoker decides to grow his own tobacco
cleveland.com ^ | 6/28/09 | Jim Carney

Posted on 06/28/2009 11:45:51 AM PDT by Nachum

(AP) — AKRON, Ohio - Standing on brown earth on a flat field hundreds of yards from the nearest road, Don Carey is surrounded by tiny plants.

He walks along a three-quarter-acre plot in a desolate spot in this rural township in northeastern Portage County and looks at the thousands of tobacco plants he is growing.

Carey, 49, decided in April, when federal taxes on tobacco skyrocketed, to grow his own.

(Excerpt) Read more at cleveland.com ...


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To: MaxMax

Got it! Thanx!


81 posted on 06/29/2009 2:00:33 PM PDT by Sarajevo (You jealous because the voices only talk to me.)
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To: thecabal
Worse: see the Raich decision. Flatly stated that reducing demand in an illegal interstate market is actionable; opens the door to up-the-wazoo regulation of anything (including oh-dark-thirty dynamic raids), and I'd guess tobacco would be a prime candidate.
82 posted on 06/29/2009 2:08:05 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (John Galt was exiled.)
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To: AH_LiveRight

See my #82. You’ve hit on the link that I was trying to recall when writing it.


83 posted on 06/29/2009 2:12:03 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (John Galt was exiled.)
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To: 50cal Smokepole

What taxes? He wouldn’t have to pay taxes if he grew tomatoes and ate them himself. Why would he have to pay for growing tobacky?


84 posted on 06/29/2009 9:00:07 PM PDT by Still Thinking (If ignorance is bliss, liberals must be ecstatic!)
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To: sten

The founders also grew their own hemp. That is also extremely illegal to grow.


85 posted on 07/12/2009 11:19:08 AM PDT by Nate505
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To: MaxMax

What would grow well in hot humid South East Texas? I am looking for a winter crop.


86 posted on 07/12/2009 11:25:41 AM PDT by jpsb
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To: Nachum

Update, September 5, 2009:

http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/57395497.html


87 posted on 09/05/2009 10:23:11 AM PDT by Deadeye Division
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To: Deadeye Division

Great article


88 posted on 09/05/2009 8:36:20 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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