4/3 Tax on a pound of roll-your-own tobacco will go from $1.10 cents to
$24.78 -- about a 2,200-percent increase. Large cigars jump from 5 to
40 cents. And a pack of cigarettes spikes from 39 cents to $1.01.
\_ Who buys a pound of tobacco?
\_ Uh, people you roll their own. Like it says there.
\_ Uh, people who roll their own. Like it says there.
\_ I know plenty of people who roll their own. A pound is
a fuckload of tobacco.
a fuckload of tobacco. A pack of drum is 40grams (tax of
about 2 dollars) and makes about 2-3 packs worth of cigarettes.
\_ I know plenty of people who roll their own. A pound is a
fuckload of tobacco. A pack of drum is 40grams (tax of about
2 dollars) and makes about 2-3 packs worth of cigarettes.
(Often more because people who roll their own tend to make
tiny ass cigarettes.)
\_ Who cares how many cigs a pound makes?
\_ Because $25/pound sounds a lot more unreasonable than
less than a dollar a pack. Just the other day I spent
90k a pound of some medication! Of course since they
are 5mg a pill, that's only 1 dollar a pill. See,
context matters.
\_ It's the delta in the tax that's interesting. Fed Tax on
cigs more than doubled, but this is just insane.
\_ It's the delta in the tax that's interesting. Fed
Tax on cigs more than doubled, but this is just
insane.
\_ ...or it implies that the tax on a pound was
inordinately low before. -!pp
1 pound ~= 450 grams = 11.25 drums = 22.5-33.75 packs
1 pound ~= 450 grams = 11.25 drums = 22.5-33.75
packs
packs (thnx 80 col re-formatter!)
Tax increase per pack: $.39 -> $1.01
22.5-33.72 packs = $8.78-$13.16 -> $22.73-$34.09
1 pound = $1.10 -> $24.78
Sounds like they're bringing it in line. And since
the point of the tax is to discourage smoking,
it makes no sense to encourage a tax break for
it makes no sense to offer a tax break for
buying in bulk. This isn't competitive pricing. |