Re: No Indictment in Chokehold Death
Good for him, still doesn't change what I said. NYC and NY priced themselves out of the market.
Canada's boom in smuggled cigarettes | Center for Public Integrity
Also it is far easier to order untaxed American cigs online from Canada, and very easy to smuggle them into NYC. This has gone on for decades.
Again, this isn't illegal. If you notice in your article the biggest sellers are Native Americans who get benefits for being of tribe status. This isn't new and it's rich Canada and US are bitching because they can't revoke status any time they want.. So try again.
Btw, your presumption that buying cigs legally in one state and then transporting them to another and reselling them for what you paid for them is legal, is incorrect. It is very much illegal and the feds will be all over your ass for doing so. Guess what the T in ATF stands for.
ATF doesn't do Tobacco anymore, it's actually changed when Homeland Security bill was passed which took and created Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau and left "ATF" with firearms and explosives. ATTTB only cares when the cigs are imported (or giving out licenses) into the US as they are a federal agency. They don't give a flying **** about someone driving down to Virginia to bring cigs up to NY and selling them. What you fail to grasp is they are taxed at some point along the line. The farmer has to pay the government for the crop and no tribe in Canada is growing tobacco, or even New York. So right off the bat, that Tobacco is taxed.
Problem comes from States who have budget issues and the first thing the hike taxes on are "sin" items as it's less voters you piss off but since States tax differently and some States have to act tough and be police state over the matter.. which NY and NYC are. There in lies the problem. To collect the tax, it requires more man hours, time of court and such then actually collected. Which is why it's asinine.
They are literally have cops patrol for a "loose". Did all else crime stop?
But as the poem goes..
Tax his land, tax his wage,
Tax his bed in which he lays.
Tax his tractor, tax his mule,
Teach him taxes is the rule.
Tax his cow, tax his goat,
Tax his pants, tax his coat.
Tax his ties, tax his shirts,
Tax his work, tax his dirt.
Tax his chew, tax his smoke,
Teach him taxes are no joke.
Tax his car, tax his grass,
Tax the roads he must pass.
Tax his food, tax his drink,
Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his sodas, tax his beers,
If he cries, tax his tears.
Tax his bills, tax his gas,
Tax his notes, tax his cash.
Tax him good and let him know
That after taxes, he has no dough.
If he hollers, tax him more,
Tax him until he's good and sore.
Tax his coffin, tax his grave,
Tax the sod in which he lays.
Put these words upon his tomb,
"Taxes drove me to my doom!"
And when he's gone, we won't relax,
We'll still be after the inheritance tax.
