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	Comments on: Study finds tripling tobacco tax would ignite smuggling	</title>
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		By: Dick Boyd		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2013/10/17/study-finds-tripling-tobacco-tax-would-ignite-smuggling/#comment-44704</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dick Boyd]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Who is to say that some of the increased tax revenue should or should not be dedicated to enforcement of the tax?

Who is to say that some of the money should or should not be dedicated to an education program that emphasizes the public health costs of a pack of cigarettes?

Who is to say or not say that some of the tax revenue should or should not be dedicated to a &quot;snitch&quot; program. Snitches would learn how to spot legal tax stamps and how to challenge cigarettes that do not have a valid stamp. Possibly even starting on courthouse steps. Where members of the bar take a smoke break. The snitch would have a contact that does the actual enforcement. Actual enforcement would confiscate smokes without the stamp and without a sales receipt from a casino. Second offense? Pay the taxes on the smokes confiscated? Third offense? Tour of a cancer ward or First Five program. Fourth offense? If enforcement doesn&#039;t get the message across, run an ad in the local paper and on local internet of the scofflaws&#039; names not paying tobacco taxes.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who is to say that some of the increased tax revenue should or should not be dedicated to enforcement of the tax?</p>
<p>Who is to say that some of the money should or should not be dedicated to an education program that emphasizes the public health costs of a pack of cigarettes?</p>
<p>Who is to say or not say that some of the tax revenue should or should not be dedicated to a &#8220;snitch&#8221; program. Snitches would learn how to spot legal tax stamps and how to challenge cigarettes that do not have a valid stamp. Possibly even starting on courthouse steps. Where members of the bar take a smoke break. The snitch would have a contact that does the actual enforcement. Actual enforcement would confiscate smokes without the stamp and without a sales receipt from a casino. Second offense? Pay the taxes on the smokes confiscated? Third offense? Tour of a cancer ward or First Five program. Fourth offense? If enforcement doesn&#8217;t get the message across, run an ad in the local paper and on local internet of the scofflaws&#8217; names not paying tobacco taxes.</p>
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		By: Ulysses Uhaul		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2013/10/17/study-finds-tripling-tobacco-tax-would-ignite-smuggling/#comment-43185</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ulysses Uhaul]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You know. We may get some drop in the unemployment...just sayin]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You know. We may get some drop in the unemployment&#8230;just sayin</p>
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		By: Queeg		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2013/10/17/study-finds-tripling-tobacco-tax-would-ignite-smuggling/#comment-42859</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Queeg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2013 15:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We need the money. Clean out the poor and working class.....it is time the 47% Romney discussed put some gold in the pot!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We need the money. Clean out the poor and working class&#8230;..it is time the 47% Romney discussed put some gold in the pot!</p>
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		By: Rex the Wonderdog!		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2013/10/17/study-finds-tripling-tobacco-tax-would-ignite-smuggling/#comment-42766</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rex the Wonderdog!]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2013 01:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Canada had a tobacco tax like this about 20 years ago- 90% of the smokes were smuggled in and they repealed the tax...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Canada had a tobacco tax like this about 20 years ago- 90% of the smokes were smuggled in and they repealed the tax&#8230;</p>
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