Your town could be next!

havanaal

NY cigar tax now in effect--75%. My favorite B&M is selling off their remaining stock, future is in doubt, but the owner tells me he doesn't expect to make it. Prices are outrageous, as one might expect, but I'm continuing to support them even though I feel it's futile. Yes, New York is run by idiots who think putting people out of business is a great way to raise revenue, but no one is immune from this sort of taxation. The good news is that we can still smoke them outdoors on public property for now. But in NYC that too is threatened activity.

camgfs

Joeyjoe21_8

bummer....but also when NYC got their new governor, didnt he roll out a bunch of new laws within the first 72 hours he was in office there...i know one law was to stop graffiti was the ban all sales of spray paint cans within New York? but hey, when they start losing taxes and cant figure out why they are so over their budget at end of year, congrats, the people will just get a new tax lol....

kuzi16

i love out of control power hungry government.

Redtailhawkoz

nightmaremike31

Russ55

sightunseen

WA rate is 95%, with a $0.65/cigar cap. Explains why there are so few B&Ms around here.

stephen_hannibal

zeebra

stephen_hannibal

havanaal

Consider this quote: "No state tax authority can absorb the administrative expense of processing sales tax returns filed by someone who placed a $50 order with an out-of-state merchant,” says Pete Sepp, vice president for policy and communications with the National Taxpayers Union in Alexandria, Va., explaining the conundrum for the states. Yes, we're safe for now. How the hell is a state going to enforce a tax on a purchase made through an offshore server? (which could have come from Mongolia, for all they know) They want our money desperately, but tracking down people across international communication and banking networks in order to shake them down for pennies is dumb business, even for government. The fact they keep proposing such tax schemes shows how utterly stupid our elected officials are.

betasynn

vegassparky

I am so glad i live in nevada. it maybe hotter than hell here, but well worth it.

wwestern

The biggest thing we can do here is to stop voting who caters to us and start to vote who will be less oppressive. People who think the government and your health have anything to do with eachother need to go because they've obviously neglected the constitution, also the same with how you raise your children. Also people who think tax is a way to spread the wealth (which is anyone who is for these kind of rediculous high tobacco tax).

wwhwang

camgfs

wwhwang

Amos Umwhat

I recently stumbled across a new (in my area) radio program called Free Talk Live. I love these guys. One of the things that they suggest is that if five percent of the public were to actually engage in active civil disobedience, the government would not be able to handle the overload. It's about time to live in a free country again. The eternal con game that government plays is to convince the people that there is something to fear that only they can "save" us from. Well, we have met the enemy, and he is us. I was hopeful for Ross Perot, I've been hopeful for Tea Party, we the people are like the Ents in Lord of the Rings, if we ever wake up, there will be no way to stop us from taking our country back.