Md Passes largest tax hike in history.

[aps45819]

Maryland residents can bring no more than two packs of untaxed cigarettes into Maryland, while nonresidents passing through are limited to one carton. Cigarettes that don’t bear the proper Maryland tax stamps may be seized as contraband, along with any vehicle used in transporting the untaxed cigarettes.

Even if the VA tax stamp is on the pack, Maryland still considers them as being untaxed.

 

[aps45819]

It would be even sillier to pass a law you don't intend to enforce, wouldn't it?

They do that all the time. Doesn't seem like our immigration laws are being enforced.

 

[awpitt]

This is from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette

More than 4,300 Pennsylvania buyers were targeted last week. The Revenue Department says these buyers alone owe $10 million in uncollected cigarette taxes since January 2005.

The state says it is targeting the people who have purchased at least 100 cartons because it figured anybody who bought that many cigarettes might be reselling them for profit.

But plenty of people hit with the unexpected bills have said that was not the case. A couple from Washington County, who bought cigarettes for their own use, will owe about $3,000 in taxes and penalties. An 82-year-old Pittsburgh-area man bought more than 400 cartons over the years; his excise taxes alone will come to $5,000. Sales taxes will be another $500 or more. Penalties could be $3,000.

Yet another woman told the Post-Gazette she owed $3,854. The state told her she'd have to pay 10 percent upfront, then about $150 a month over two years, to work off her debt. When she told the state she couldn't make such a large payment, she said she was informed that the state could place a lien on her home.

So, is this PA doing the targeting or MD?

 

[ylexot]

I just hope that they don't start enforcing internet sales taxes

 

[aps45819]

So, is this PA doing the targeting or MD?

This is PA targeting internet sales. All it takes is a subpoena of the company's sales records. Then sending out the tax bills.

 

[awpitt]

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Its time to vote these people out of office in this state.
I suggest voting against any politician that held office during the last year regardless of how they voted.
A strong message needs to be sent.

If there's someone in there who voted the way you like, why would you want to vote them out?

 

[vegmom]

Since they can cross the border, get a drivers liscense, get a job without a SSN, register their kids for school and sign up for welfare, why would it be difficult to register to vote?

Because the board of elections has you send in your registration and will verify you citizenship status. You can get a drivers license without being a citizen, same with enrolling in schools (I have friends who have lived here on H1Bs or Permanent Resident (Green) Cards). But a resident alien can not register to vote.

 

[vegmom]

and since you cant question anyones identity at the polls, Illegra Lanscaperez will be safe to vote as many times in as many places as his little fence hopping butt desires.

When is the last time you voted?

You register to vote, your identity and citizenship status is verified, and you are ASSIGNED which poll to go to. You can not just show up at whatever poll and you hve to sign in to get your ballot.

 

[aps45819]

Because the board of elections has you send in your registration and will verify you citizenship status. You can get a drivers license without being a citizen, same with enrolling in schools (I have friends who have lived here on H1Bs or Permanent Resident (Green) Cards). But a resident alien can not register to vote.

How is this verified?
I've never had to verify my citizenship, just that I was a resident. Showing my electric bill was enough for that.

 

[ylexot]

When is the last time you voted?

You register to vote, your identity and citizenship status is verified, and you are ASSIGNED which poll to go to. You can not just show up at whatever poll and you hve to sign in to get your ballot.

Ahhhh, but there was that law passed (forget the name) saying that you can go to any polling place.

I can sign any name I want :shrug: They're not allowed to ask for ID

Oh, and if you're wondering who the champions of all this legislation is, you can thank the Dems.

 

[vegmom]

Legally, you can buy all you want, you just can't legally bring more than 2 packs back to MD.

There is a reason for that- and it does not have to do with tax revenues.

Criminal organizations are shipping cheap cigarrettes from down south into areas up north (tried buying a pack in NYC in the last decade?) , and sell them on the streets cheaper than local stores, but still at a hefty profit. That money isn't exactly going to fund the local Boy Scouts if you know what I mean.

Many of those cheap cigs are also stolen.

 

[vraiblonde]

They do that all the time. Doesn't seem like our immigration laws are being enforced.

Ahhh, good point.

 

[vegmom]

Ahhhh, but there was that law passed (forget the name) saying that you can go to any polling place.

I can sign any name I want :shrug: They're not allowed to ask for ID

Oh, and if you're wondering who the champions of all this legislation is, you can thank the Dems.

I've voted in every single election since I turned 18 and have always been assigned to a polling place.

What they must do is provide you with a provisional ballot if you can not be verified on the spot. It's not counted until they are sure you are a legally registered voter. This was in response to the Florida 2000 fiasco.

 

[terbear1225]

When is the last time you voted?

You register to vote, your identity and citizenship status is verified, and you are ASSIGNED which poll to go to. You can not just show up at whatever poll and you hve to sign in to get your ballot.

there are cases where people who have been dead for several years have somehow managed to vote. If they're not cheking whether or not peolpe are still ALIVE what makes you think they're going to check ifevery person with a driver's license and proff of residence is here legally?

 

[bcp]

If there's someone in there who voted the way you like, why would you want to vote them out?

Pack mantality.

The could have been stronger in fighting against it.
I dont need weak representation, I need representation that is able to get the job done. It is rather obvious that the people sitting there right now can not.
So, let them go and lets reload and try again.

 

[vegmom]

there are cases where people who have been dead for several years have somehow managed to vote. If they're not cheking whether or not peolpe are still ALIVE what makes you think they're going to check ifevery person with a driver's license and proff of residence is here legally?

That has more to do with corruption on the local level. Those are cases of well organized fraud. Alot more oversight is in place since the 2000 Election fiasco.

I would not be surprised that dead folks sat on the voter rolls for years as they probably don't go and regularly re-check someones status once they have registered unless the voter themself has sent in a new form. But things are verified when you initially register.

Resident Aliens- legal or not- can not register to vote.

 

[vegmom]

Pack mantality.

The could have been stronger in fighting against it.
I dont need weak representation, I need representation that is able to get the job done. It is rather obvious that the people sitting there right now can not.
So, let them go and lets reload and try again.

1 rep= 1 vote.

Even a strong rep can't force others to change their votes.

 

[Plan B]

Found it
Link (Scroll to the bottom)

Well, to this Indy voter, it all sounds good.
You play, you pay.
Voter raud is a GOP red herring...

 

[bcp]

1 rep= 1 vote.

Even a strong rep can't force others to change their votes.

thats true, they can however convince others to vote properly.
I dont think they even tried doing that.

this is like punishing the whole class for something a few did. The next time the few decide to pull something off, the rest of the class is going to try really hard to stop them.

 

[aps45819]

I've voted in every single election since I turned 18 and have always been assigned to a polling place.

Have you EVER had to show proof of citizenship or just proof of residency?