By John Vibes Staten Island, NY – The state of New York has one of the highest cigarette taxes in the country, amounting to roughly $6 per pack in taxes alone. Naturally, people find ways around these obnoxious taxes by importing cigarettes from other states or selling off-brand products, and naturally the government acts like the mafia and does everything in their power to see that people pay up.
In New York City, the local tax authority has conscripted the local police to hunt down people who are buying and selling any untaxed cigarettes without the state’s official stamp on them. This situation had …read more