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- From: cep@taligent.com (Christophe Pettus)
- Subject: Re: Just a Question
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- References: <1993Jan4.193327.233@merlin.dev.cdx.mot.com> <1993Jan4.231338.22061@ads.com> <1993Jan5.174930.1348@merlin.dev.cdx.mot.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 20:54:59 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan5.174930.1348@merlin.dev.cdx.mot.com> haluk@merlin.dev.cdx.mot.com (Haluk Gumrukcu) writes:
- >No. I'm talking about the latest MA tax increase on cigarettes. Voters decided
- >on that question. Result is 30 cent/pack tax increase. I don't see any
- >justification to the fact that they ask voters to set the price. I think there aren't any other consumable's price set that way.
-
- Voters didn't set the price of cigarettes; they set a tax rate, which
- is the voters' perogative. Cigarette companies are perfectly welcome
- to pay the tax themselves, and not pass it along to their customers, if
- they so chose.
- --
- -- Christophe
-
- "Bad analogy! No biscuit!"
-