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Semper Fi said:No, I don't.
Last year the state taxed each cigarette at 4.9 cents.
The federal government also taxes cigarettes at a rate of 39-cents per pack of 20
cigarettes. In addition, State law authorizes a municipal cigarette tax of 1-cent per
package of 20, but it cannot be imposed by municipalities in which the State already
collects a municipal home-rule retailers occupation (sales) tax. Home-rule units can
collect their own taxes on cigarettes. Chicago collects 16-cents per pack of 20. In
addition, Cook County collects 18-cents, which is collected in both Chicago and the
suburbs. With the new State tax increase, Chicago now pays a total of $1.71 in
cigarette taxes per pack of 20 cigarettes.
There is a separate tax for tobacco products other than cigarettes at a rate of 18% of
wholesale price. This includes products such as cigars, snuff, chewing tobaccos, and
other forms of tobacco suitable for chewing or smoking.
manu1959 said:i vote legalize it and tax it.....
the difference between dope and booze is i can have one beer and function....you smoke 1 J and you are worthless....and with the weed now 1 hit and you are worthless....
Mr. P said:legalize it...
Fact is, as long as there is a demand there will be a supply. Billions are spent on this UN-WINNABLE war..legalize it, check quality and tax it..win win win..
That's how I feel about it.
High school/college/young adulthood as far as I can tell.MtnBiker said:What is the average age of a marijauna user? Or what is the biggest age demographic using marijauna?
Semper Fi said:High school/college/young adulthood as far as I can tell.
GunnyL said:Based on the fact that NOTHING has stopped the use of marijuana, and I really don't see it as any better or worse than alcohol, I think the gov't is stupid for not legalizing it and adding it to their "sin tax" pool.
Flip side is, there is always the slippery slope. If we legalize marijuana, why not cocaine or heroin? Since common sense doesn't seem to apply to the law nowadays, the line has to be drawn somewhere.
Semper Fi said:High school/college/young adulthood as far as I can tell.
manu1959 said:if true there will be a lot of pissed of people when the make the age of consent 21 to match booze
MtnBiker said:They would still find plenty of willing sellers. They are doing it illegally now, why stop? In the eyes of the seller, why let the government tax some of your profit?
pegwinn said:Why not coke and heroin? If legal, and regulated, and taxed, there is a chance that some of the violence associated with it may diminish. I would legislate that tax money not be used to pay for rehab though. No sense allowing the welfare trash to coke out and then I pay for it.
MtnBiker said:They would still find plenty of willing sellers. They are doing it illegally now, why stop? In the eyes of the seller, why let the government tax some of your profit?
GunnyL said:I see it as creating a subculture of drug-dependent parasites on society. I like to go out on the weekend and have a few beers. But how many non functioning alcoholics are there who are nothing but a burden to society?
It doesn't do any good to tax the drugs if the cost of supporting nonproductive members of society exceeds the revenue.
pegwinn said:I understand. My point is more of equality. Alcohol (and I make and drink my own brew BTW) and Tobacco (I also smoke from time to time) are as addictive and cause more deaths annually than the drugs we are afraid of. The difference is in political lobby.
I already stipulated that the taxpayers should not pey for rehab in an earlier post. I won't be suing big tobacco anytime soon. Besides if cheap coke hits the market, how many losers will od in the first six months before it levels off and normalizes?