They want to take it from 5 cents to $10 dollars. No word yet on what Hillary’s position is on the cigar tax, but I’m betting she’s for it. This will be sure to create a burgeoning black market in tobacco products, which will, of course, become violent. The federal government won’t outright outlaw tobacco, but they will tax it out of existence.
I’m really glad to see those Democrats protecting people’s civil liberties against the evil Republicans, let me tell you.
UPDATE: Sigivald points out:
Closer reading suggests they want to raise it from 5 cents to 54 percent, with a cap of $10.
Not $10 per cigar, flat.
Not good, by any means, but not the same as a $10 tax on a $8 cigar.
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Of course, I still think it’s a crappy tax increase.
It literally is “for the children”……
Closer reading suggests they want to raise it from 5 cents to 54 percent, with a cap of $10.
Not $10 per cigar, flat.
Not good, by any means, but not the same as a $10 tax on a $8 cigar.
so my $20.00 cigar would now cost $30.80? And a box of those would have >$100.00 in taxes?
Sounds that way. Maybe we can get Bill Clinton to help us lobby against this.
Cigarettes, which accounted for more than 95 percent of tobacco tax collections last year, are the main focus of the bill. Federal taxes on a pack would jump from 39 cents to $1.
Great, so smokes will now cost more than $5 a pack.
Why not have a special tax on bottled water? This way they’ll share some of the burden for their stupid pet projects.