Cigarette Tax

[Snorri1234]

$3.19 a gallon sounds like heaven to me. Try living in europe where the gasoline is waaay more expensive.

[Nobunaga]

... Yeah, I just got back from 10 years in Japan. No comparison in prices, America is still cheap, but ...

... I don't know how things are where you live, but in Japan, trains and busses can take you from anyplace to anyplace you want to go, quickly and relatively cheaply.

... America... No car = no life. We have no choice but to drive.

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[Snorri1234]

... Yeah, I just got back from 10 years in Japan. No comparison in prices, America is still cheap, but ...

... I don't know how things are where you live, but in Japan, trains and busses can take you from anyplace to anyplace you want to go, quickly and relatively cheaply.

... America... No car = no life. We have no choice but to drive.

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True. Yeah I can get almost everywhere using public transport, but that's not cheap either. (Except that I now travel for free because I'm a student.)

[Nobunaga]

... Just randomly ran across a news page about that possible new tax on smokes:

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071110/D8SQQSU00.html

... It says the money generated will be used to fund childrens' insurance.

... Yeah... maybe ok in theory, but nobody can mismanage money like the US government!

... Every American should be weighed and body-fat tested. All the obese should be made to pay more taxes to fund some program or another. A good idea? (though sarcastic, same principle)

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[dcowboys055]

People in Wisconsin are complaining constantly, our cigarette prices are the most expensive in the US I think, so people are buying tons of them from out of state companies....I don't see why that's such a problem

[DaGip]

People in Wisconsin are complaining constantly, our cigarette prices are the most expensive in the US I think, so people are buying tons of them from out of state companies....I don't see why that's such a problem

Don't forget that people buy them off the Reservations, too. Cigs are cheaper on the Rez because they don't have to follow the same tax laws as you Euro-centrics.