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Smokers and convenience owners in Pocomoke City are steaming mad about a proposed hike to cigarette taxes in Maryland.
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Anonymous said...
Tell me members of the Maryland Legislature aren't mentally challenged!
At least twice in the last 30 years Maryland has raised cigarette taxes. Each time has resulted in a substantial REDUCTION in taxes collected! They can't grasp the idea that 90% of Maryland is within a 30 minute drive of another state, and almost all of them have much lower cigarette taxes. Trust me, a smoker will think nothing of driving an hour just to save $1.00 on a pack of smokes. Think of how many locals drive to Delaware to shop or make major purchases because Delaware has no sales tax.
I recently met a man from Nashville, Tennessee who had retired from ATF, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. When he found out where I was from he related the following story,
"There was a place on the Eastern Shore of Virginia that was called "Dixieland". Dixieland was a legend among ATF agents all over the United States. Before we busted them they sold enough cigarettes to supply every man, woman and child on the Eastern Shore of Virginia a carton of cigarettes every week."
He didn't tell me what year ATF had "busted" Dixieland but he did say that it was now under different ownership.
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Tell me members of the Maryland Legislature aren't mentally challenged!
At least twice in the last 30 years Maryland has raised cigarette taxes. Each time has resulted in a substantial REDUCTION in taxes collected! They can't grasp the idea that 90% of Maryland is within a 30 minute drive of another state, and almost all of them have much lower cigarette taxes. Trust me, a smoker will think nothing of driving an hour just to save $1.00 on a pack of smokes. Think of how many locals drive to Delaware to shop or make major purchases because Delaware has no sales tax.
I recently met a man from Nashville, Tennessee who had retired from ATF, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. When he found out where I was from he related the following story,
"There was a place on the Eastern Shore of Virginia that was called "Dixieland". Dixieland was a legend among ATF agents all over the United States. Before we busted them they sold enough cigarettes to supply every man, woman and child on the Eastern Shore of Virginia a carton of cigarettes every week."
He didn't tell me what year ATF had "busted" Dixieland but he did say that it was now under different ownership.
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