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Originally Posted by KING64
And just wait. The tax mechanism has been proposed before and will be proposed again with respect to firearms and ammunition. If they cannot succeed in making private possession of firearms illegal they will attempt to tax it so heavily that only the rich and elite will have the means to own them or to employ their own armed body guards.
I am not a smoker but heavy taxes, the so called sin taxes, are being levied all the time on smoking material. I hate to see that for it is only a baby step further to place burdensome taxes on anything else our "guardians" do not want us to have. Guns will be the next object of the "sin tax." It will be determined that guns are not a necessary item with which to pursue happiness therefore they are not needed by the masses.
Beware golfers: I investigated two homicide cases during my career in which the victim was beaten to death with a golf club. Your clubs could be next.
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Good point. I AM a smoker and the lmposition of excessive taxes on tobacco products infuriates me. Then again a lot does that these days. Anyway, Since obama took office my little cigars have increased in price 3 times. I buy ten packs at a time. That used to cost me about $25.00. Then they went up to $28.00 something. Then around $30.00. The last time I bought them they were $34.80. I asked the store why the increase. They told me it was some part of either the stiffinus package or some other new proclamation by the messiah. It's a crime that they can get away with this. Whether you're a smoker or not...it's the principle of the thing. What right do politicians have to levy an arbitrary tax on a particular commodity they don't personal use or like?