Avoiding sin taxes
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September 7th, 2011 at 10:25 am
One word regarding the avoidance of the tobacco tax: pipe.
September 7th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
IIRC, there was a 2,000% Tax Hike On Loose Tobacco shortly after the anointed one assumed the Presidency.
Of course I’m sure rolling your own saves some bucks, just not as much as it used to. Especially since Maryland slapped an extra $2 tax on a pack and made it a felony to carry more than 40 cigs across the border.
I remember when I could get a sleeve of Bugler tobacco for only $1.65, papers included. I would have done it more often, except the tobacco frequently was stale.
Been tobacco free for 12 or 13 years.
September 7th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
At the current rates, it might just be worth it to grow your own.
September 7th, 2011 at 9:51 pm
Yep, Mikee’s on it. Getting leaves to a proper state for consistently good cigars is an art in itself, and then you have to learn to roll them right. I’ve grown and rolled, with extremely mixed results. It’s fun trying though. Once in a while I get it really right.
Cigarette tobacco is even harder. It’s only an ounce or two! And when you look at your bushels of dried leaves, it will be hard to believe that after washing, soaking, flavoring and pressing, drying again and shredding, what you have there is…an ounce or two.
But you can grow some easy burley, dry it on the line, break it up and have a decent smoke, in a pipe. A couple of plants that come out right will give you a quart-size humidor of palatable-to-fine pipe tobacco.
September 8th, 2011 at 1:53 am
Sin tax error.