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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?"
>In Europe we pay premium taxes for alcoholic beverages. Also, my drinking doesn't affect your liver, does it?
Drinking affects livers and the bodies of the drinker in a negative way. When that health care bill comes around it raises insurance and direct health care costs for everyone. Alcohol also causes people to have 'accidents' (industrial and vehicular) that cause harm to others.
>My eating burgers doesn't raise your cholesterol level. Also, unlike tobacco, food actually helps keep me alive.
It costs more to treat your fat ass for medical conditions than to treat someone that eats healthy foods.
Steve's Computer Service, Hobbs, NM
Which is why I only look at underage kiddie porn. It's illegal, so they can't tax it!
Damn Mary-Kate and Ashley for getting old!
Chelloveck
I give up on debugging. From now on, SIGSEGV is a feature.