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Officials Butting In on Cigarette Counterfeits

Submitted by Angel Elf, May 28, 2007 10:50

This would be a non-issue if the taxation of cigarettes were not so high. Bloomberg created this black market and another criminal enterprize the same way that prohibition did in the twenties. Lower the taxation and the problem goes away, raise taxes and things will get worse.


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