Online Cigarette Customers Get Bill from State

wakebrdr writes "The Michigan Treasury Department has sent bills to state residents who purchased cigarettes online to avoid Michigan's high taxes. One pack-a-day smoker received a bill for $2,500 in back taxes. If a simple subpoena of customer data allows them to easily go after lost cigarette taxes, how long until state treasuries across the country subpoena Amazon.com or other big online retailers to collect unpaid sales taxes?"

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Violation of Smokers' Rights

[bigtallmofo]

Smokers have the right to purchase cancer-causing tobacco sticks at a low price, light those cancer-causing tobacco sticks on fire anywhere they want to, raise the cost of health care for everyone, cause cancer in people that are affected by their second-hand smoke, and shirk taxes that have been levied on products they purchase.

I think that pretty much sums up the average smoker's opinion.