Galt's Gulch

Modern Day Stamp Act?

Posted by seanfatzinger 11 years, 4 months ago to Legislation
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Cuomo gathers a strike force to "capture those smugglers... and rob the state of revenue it is rightly owed". Unstamped cartons carry a $600 fine.
SOURCE URL: http://www.csnews.com/product-categories/tobacco/ny-gov-assembles-cigarette-strike-force?cc=5

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  • Posted by Robbie53024 11 years, 4 months ago
    I heard reported somewhere that more than 50% of all cigarettes sold in NYC are "illegal" in that they have not paid all the taxes. When the government taxes something to the point where it is a better decision to risk loss of liberty vs. pay the government taxes, it is a sure indication that the taxation has become onerous.

    Oh, and they are clamping down on the e-Cigs because they cannot enforce taxes on them nor demonize them as easily as smoke cigarettes.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 11 years, 4 months ago
    There is a reason why Ayn Rand chose cigarettes as one of her examples. They are so easy to demonize by the looters and moochers, and even though I don't smoke, smoking is symbolic of the freedom we ought to have. We will no longer have such freedom ... thanks to Obamacare - where we now have to pay for "our brothers".
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