tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post2546473574401653426..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: The Big Apple Black Market Blows a Big Hole in a New York TaxRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10454914005314454792011-04-12T15:23:37.088-04:002011-04-12T15:23:37.088-04:00I don't think this is working. Sometimes ther...I don't think this is working. Sometimes there's only a bridge that separates a $5 pack or double the cost. There's someone making a huge profit and it's not taxes.ajlounyinjurylawhttp://www.ajlounyinjurylaw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52842508404718954302010-11-30T13:39:49.203-05:002010-11-30T13:39:49.203-05:00(QUOTE)
Be aware that in less than 60 days senate ...(QUOTE)<br />Be aware that in less than 60 days senate bill s 510 will go thru making small garden farming ,home canning,trading,selling illegal.Saving seeds including survival seed pax will be illegal.Its being snuck thru (QUOTE)<br /><br />I looked up that bill and gave it a brief (brief for 120 pgs) read-through and didn't see anything like what you're talking about. Where did you see/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-32296095518905404472010-11-30T11:47:29.340-05:002010-11-30T11:47:29.340-05:00Be aware that in less than 60 days senate bill s 5...Be aware that in less than 60 days senate bill s 510 will go thru making small garden farming ,home canning,trading,selling illegal.Saving seeds including survival seed pax will be illegal.Its being snuck thruAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11764404693493227482010-11-28T23:20:24.009-05:002010-11-28T23:20:24.009-05:00i'd love for these statists to raise taxes on ...i'd love for these statists to raise taxes on all products. that way it will drive the whole market underground and away from the government. then you will have mass civil disobedience from simply buying stuff. it will signal the end of said government. cash (and gold/silver) is king baby!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-31634005510822103102010-11-28T22:16:46.838-05:002010-11-28T22:16:46.838-05:00Reminds me of Gorbachev's semi-prohibition of ...Reminds me of Gorbachev's semi-prohibition of alcohol circa 1985 in USSR. The sales of alcohol were limited, almost cut to nothing (liquors were sold for only 3 hours a day - 2-5 pm, on workdays only; 1 liter of alcohol per customer).<br /><br />Next thing you know: people were sneaking out of their jobs to buy booze. Then, of course, black-market kicked in:<br /> - senior citizens (with a Konstantin I. Boudnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02910716737598980959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-47948772497866686532010-11-28T19:39:01.857-05:002010-11-28T19:39:01.857-05:00Next we will see black market Happy Meals being sm...Next we will see black market Happy Meals being smuggled into San Francisco.<br /><br />I'll buy those too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-92044225496629940372010-11-28T15:08:29.515-05:002010-11-28T15:08:29.515-05:00It is telling that the free market is termed the &...It is telling that the free market is termed the "black" market by the government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-33755881933862453192010-11-28T13:01:40.847-05:002010-11-28T13:01:40.847-05:00It's the same here in the EUSSR. Tobacco packs...It's the same here in the EUSSR. Tobacco packs in Spain/Portugal $6, tobacco packs in the UK $18.<br />Where do you think I go for my vacation every year?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22397879993326484422010-11-27T21:16:18.798-05:002010-11-27T21:16:18.798-05:00Wait until they implement a value added tax under ...Wait until they implement a value added tax under the guise of national debt reduction. We'll be hawking everything under the table to get around the tax. I'm looking forward to it. Think there was an outrage over TSA? I want to see how people react to the government raiding secret discount markets on produce and other foodstuff. Headline: "Mother of four arrested for buying milk Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22564715562154676302010-11-27T18:55:59.002-05:002010-11-27T18:55:59.002-05:00Three cheers for black markets!!!Three cheers for black markets!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52882305426184161252010-11-27T16:15:57.779-05:002010-11-27T16:15:57.779-05:00Heck, they oughtta buy 'em from the Russkies o...Heck, they oughtta buy 'em from the Russkies online for $20/carton (or less). Smokers I know say they are better cigs too. Let's see them internationalize this market!Ol' Billynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-40672086885975654262010-11-27T15:52:42.545-05:002010-11-27T15:52:42.545-05:00Any activity that sticks it to Gauleiter Bloomberg...Any activity that sticks it to Gauleiter Bloomberg and the City Council sycophants is great. There's more than just a black market in cigarettes in NYC...which is the economic consequence of a high-tax, over-regulated city. Gloom-and-Doomberg is more worried about salt in soup than how the city is imploding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-59991539212598094442010-11-27T15:22:33.647-05:002010-11-27T15:22:33.647-05:00Haha, this is great! I love it whenever state auth...Haha, this is great! I love it whenever state authority is undermined. If I was younger and lived in NYC, I'd be selling cigarettes too.<br /><br />Anonymous from 11:45 AM: I totally agree with every point you made.Blucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314660946301665679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30384183236448964342010-11-27T14:07:07.898-05:002010-11-27T14:07:07.898-05:00A few years ago the Canadian government slapped an...A few years ago the Canadian government slapped an enormous tax increase on cigarettes and created (surprise!) a nice new business opportunity running smokes across the St. Lawrence from the Mohawk reservations in New York. Even the Mayor of Cornwall Ontario went into the business. <br /><br />The people of the "health" gestapo are all brain dead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-69272978813579941882010-11-27T13:08:39.989-05:002010-11-27T13:08:39.989-05:00People have been selling bootleg cigs in NY for de...People have been selling bootleg cigs in NY for decades...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-45746314689791042502010-11-27T12:53:12.532-05:002010-11-27T12:53:12.532-05:00Ever wonder why so many corporations have headquar...Ever wonder why so many corporations have headquarters in Englewood Cliffs New Jersey?<br /><br />Back in the 60's, the NYC taxes were so onerous, that many corporations (Corn Products/Best Foods comes to mind) moved to New Jersey taking all that tax revenue and jobs with them.<br /><br />The parasite is devouring the host. Not a good plan.Capn Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-69849807038786658862010-11-27T11:45:27.387-05:002010-11-27T11:45:27.387-05:00I love this type of civil disobedience. They had ...I love this type of civil disobedience. They had better be careful though. I bet the NYPD already has undercover sting operations in the works in an attempt to curtail this diabolical scheme. Buying cigarettes from willing sellers, and then selling them to willing consumers: illegal in the land of the free. What are U.S. Soldiers dying for again? Certainly not our freedom, as this story makesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-4942123285486400542010-11-27T11:22:47.542-05:002010-11-27T11:22:47.542-05:00Not that I think too much of the age limits, but t...Not that I think too much of the age limits, but the tax undermines the under-aged sales ban, too. The black market isn't going to check IDs.TanGengnoreply@blogger.com