If all Artificial things are in the set of Man-made things, and all Artificial things are in the set of Imitation things, then all Man-made things are in the set of Imitation things? Thats a classic fallacy, and one which I had assumed most people were done with.
To some degree I agree with you about rising taxes, but this isn't an issue where they are taxing you above and beyond the old tax just for buying them online.
Its not illegal to buy things online, its illegal to buy things and not pay the state required Use/Sales tax on the thing.
Basically what is going on here is that people are trying to get out of paying for a tax by buying things online, but now they are being told that it doesn't matter where you buy them, you still have to pay the same tax.
The smokers aren't getting screwed any more than usual here.
Whether or not the luxery use tax on cigarettes is a GoodThing or a BadThing is not the issue here. The article originally posted saw (it seemed to me, anyway) that governments going after the legal use tax on cigarettes where the use tax had not been paid meant that soon the state govenrments would also go after other legal use taxes that had not been paid, and that this was a BadThing. I am saying that irregardless of the Goodness/Badness of use taxes/luxery taxes/sales taxes in general, state governments trying to get unpaid taxes is a GoodThing. Or, at least not a BadThing.
Uhm this isn't a big deal. If you buy a good and use it primarily in state A, you must pay state A a Use Tax if you didn't pay a Sales Tax through the merchant. This is not a bad thing. Pay your taxes. If you aren't paying your taxes, then I fully support the state goverments bringing you to court for it.
Of course, much of this has been said in the conversations above and thus I mod myself -1 Redundant, and since many people will be offended by my "Conservative Views" (i.e., obey the law, don't try to get around it), I will be modded by others -1, Troll.
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Come on now. Obvious flaw in your logic.
If all Artificial things are in the set of Man-made things, and all Artificial things are in the set of Imitation things, then all Man-made things are in the set of Imitation things? Thats a classic fallacy, and one which I had assumed most people were done with.
all A in M
all A in I
Does NOT imply all M in I!
To some degree I agree with you about rising taxes, but this isn't an issue where they are taxing you above and beyond the old tax just for buying them online.
Its not illegal to buy things online, its illegal to buy things and not pay the state required Use/Sales tax on the thing.
Basically what is going on here is that people are trying to get out of paying for a tax by buying things online, but now they are being told that it doesn't matter where you buy them, you still have to pay the same tax.
The smokers aren't getting screwed any more than usual here.
Whether or not the luxery use tax on cigarettes is a GoodThing or a BadThing is not the issue here. The article originally posted saw (it seemed to me, anyway) that governments going after the legal use tax on cigarettes where the use tax had not been paid meant that soon the state govenrments would also go after other legal use taxes that had not been paid, and that this was a BadThing. I am saying that irregardless of the Goodness/Badness of use taxes/luxery taxes/sales taxes in general, state governments trying to get unpaid taxes is a GoodThing. Or, at least not a BadThing.
Uhm this isn't a big deal. If you buy a good and use it primarily in state A, you must pay state A a Use Tax if you didn't pay a Sales Tax through the merchant. This is not a bad thing. Pay your taxes. If you aren't paying your taxes, then I fully support the state goverments bringing you to court for it.
Of course, much of this has been said in the conversations above and thus I mod myself -1 Redundant, and since many people will be offended by my "Conservative Views" (i.e., obey the law, don't try to get around it), I will be modded by others -1, Troll.
I don't know if its any good anymore. I havn't used it in ages, but back in the day I could find quite a few useful programs on it.
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