Md Passes largest tax hike in history.
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aps45819
24/7 Single Dad
That's the ONLY thing it has to do with.
And organized crime, and street gangs, and Al Qaeda cells, and ...
No one is going to get busted for a couple cartons of cigarettes they bought in Virginia. The people driving truckloads of cheap cigs up from NC have the attention of the State and the Feds.
Do you question where those cheap cigarettes sold online are coming from or who the profits are going to? Agree or disagree with the taxes if you will, but bootleggers are using their money from these sales to fund things much more sinister than some government pork program.
My US citizenship would have been verified by the local Board of Elections when I sent in my registration.
aps45819
24/7 Single Dad
How? Did you sent in a notarized copy of your birth certificate with your registration or give the election board permission to access you medical records?
You're assuming some local government clerk has the time, inclination and resources to verify that information
aps45819
24/7 Single Dad
That's all Maryland cares about. That's why we have "sanctuary cities" where your legal status to be here will not be questioned.
No more than I question where the cheap TV in WalMart comes from.
http://www.fec.gov/members/von_Spakovsky/speeches/speech20060330.pdf
More on fed election regulations.
More on fed election regulations.
That's why we have "sanctuary cities" where your legal status to be here will not be questioned.
No more than I question where the cheap TV in WalMart comes from.
So you would not question where cheap, obviously bootlegged items are coming from?
ylexot
Super Genius
Then why did they set the limit at two packs instead of two cartons?
bcp
In My Opinion
drivers license number is all you need in maryland.
hmm, I wonder why the dems are so interested in giving the illegals drivers licenses?
I just cant put my finger on the reason, but Im sure its a good one.
bcp
In My Opinion
In the state of Maryland, considering the steal from the working to give to the poor mantality, I would encourage people to purchase anywhere but Maryland.
lets hurt the state as much as we can. Lets squeeze right back.
"In recent years, New York City's black or ''gray'' cigarette market has aided a bevy of international terrorist organizations and nefarious elements, including the Russian mafia, Chinatown gangs, the Irish Republican Army, Hezbollah and al-Qaida. In 2002, Hezbollah ringleader Mohammad Youssef Hammoud was arrested in Charlotte, N.C., for operating a cigarette smuggling ring that bought low-tax cigarettes in North Carolina and sold them on the black market in high-tax Michigan. Just one van of cigarettes making the trip could bring in as much as $10,000 for the terrorist group. "
Copy of full article from the CATO institute.
Hike in Cigarette Tax Opens Door to Other Vices
Complain about the taxes all you want, but buying cheap bottlegged cigarettes (as well as bootlegged dvds, cds, "designer" knockoffs, etc) is an irresponsible thing to do.
Copy of full article from the CATO institute.
Hike in Cigarette Tax Opens Door to Other Vices
Complain about the taxes all you want, but buying cheap bottlegged cigarettes (as well as bootlegged dvds, cds, "designer" knockoffs, etc) is an irresponsible thing to do.
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terbear1225
Well-Known Member
notice that the premise for the article is that raising taxes PROMOTES this black market system. if the maryland government was concernd with avoiding the use of cigarettes to fund illegal activity, they wouldn't have raised the tax!
aps45819
24/7 Single Dad
They only sell Camels
terbear1225
Well-Known Member
if the real concern was al qaeda, wouldn't they provide an exemption for anyone that could show proof that they purchased their cigarettes from a legitimate retailer (i.e a receipt!)And MD is still far below the most heavliy taxed cigarrettes in the country.
Bought cigarettes anywhere in the NE lately?
ylexot
Super Genius
Your point?