There could be a song in this.
KELO is reporting this AM that a former inmate is suing the state over it's tobacco tax:
Gary Knecht is mad as heck, and he's not going to take it anymore.Read it all here. That whole scenario sounds like the makings of a great Johnny Cash-eque country song.
Knecht, who shot a man to death several years ago in Martin but is out on parole, has filed a lawsuit against the state in an effort to repeal the one-dollar-a-pack tax increase on cigarettes.
He shot a man in Martin, just to see him die.Okay. I promise I'll stick to Blogging.
Now he's taking on Revenue, Because his taxes are too high.
He's just out of Sioux Falls Prison, and he's really mad.
'Cause he can't afford his smokes. And isn't that too bad....
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Nonnie, he is obviously addicted. Not too long ago, the courts found that "big tobacco" was to be held responsible for getting people hooked on their products by adding nicotine and other addictive agents. Now the tobacco companies are paying the states billions and billions of settlement dollars. If it was as easy as him just "crushing out" his habit, the settlement between the tobacco companies and the states would be grounded in a false premise that quitting smoking is next-to-impossible.
Nonnie, most of the time you make a lot of sense on this blog. Even in your 10:36 comment, your second and third sentences made sense. I'm willing to overlook your lapse in judgment in typing your first sentence if you don't spend the rest of the day trying to justify your initial statement.
Booze next, The sin tax cop out is getting crazy and over used as an excuse for higher taxes.
You do know that every level of government gets a cut from tobacco, oil for gas, etc. think about the taxes across the board for a little bit.
Also somewhere i read the Dreds are looking ar rasing the gas tax now that will go up once again for all of us. Yes, the gas tax is how we get our roads and repair work done but look beyond SD and ask the feds to stop!
I am not sure if this even makes sense but just think about it.
I will repeat my statement as it does make sense. If you can't afford the tax, do yourself a favor and quit. You will feel better, your health will improve, and you might live longer. You and your clothes will certainly smell better. And you will certainly have a lot more money to spend on more enjoyable and worthwhile pursuits. It might be hard, but it would be a choice you would not regret, and it is possible.
What is a real shame is that Gary Knecht is out of prison.