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- From: rogerk@queernet.org (Roger B.A. Klorese)
- Subject: Re: Just a Question
- Message-ID: <C0Mq7I.qx@queernet.org>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 08:28:29 GMT
- References: <1993Jan4.193327.233@merlin.dev.cdx.mot.com> <1993Jan4.231338.22061@ads.com> <1993Jan5.174930.1348@merlin.dev.cdx.mot.com>
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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.
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- It doesn't set the price. It sets the tax rate. Other tax rates are set
- exactly the same way.
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