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| Subject: Cigarette Taxes Fueling Organized 'Crime' (Read Free Trade) Fri May 09, 2008 7:40 am | |
| Last month, New York law enforcement authorities announced the arrest of Queens resident Rafea al-Nablisi for smuggling 12,000 cartons of cigarettes a week. It was not the first such arrest, and thanks to New York's latest cigarette tax hike, it will not be the last.
On April 23, less than two weeks after Mr. Nablisi's arrest was made public, Gov. David Paterson signed into law a $1.25 per-pack tax hike on top of the state's $1.50 per-pack tax. That's in addition to New York City's own $1.50 per-pack tax. Come July 1, New York City's smokers will be paying on average $9 a pack for legal cigarettes.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121012081570272357.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today |
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| Subject: Re: Cigarette Taxes Fueling Organized 'Crime' (Read Free Trade) Fri May 09, 2008 7:09 pm | |
| ANCAPS support free trade ... "smugglers." |
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