[Lavindathar]

Originally posted by Ronn_Bman: quote: Originally posted by Lavindathar: I believe that they tax cigarettes. Tobacco is natural. Cigarettes are not. Cigarettes are made in a factory. Tobacco is grown in a field. Do you follow? Hence why tobacco is a hell of a lot cheaper than cigs. It's why people make "rollies". Dnt pay tax.

Actually they could tax marijuana, and they do tax tobacco. They also tax "natural" fruits, vegetables, grains, lumber, straw, etc.

Maybe you mean, they couldn't tax what you could grow in your backyard? That's probably true as long as you don't grow enough to sell. That's what they tax. The sale of naturally grown products. They tax the grower when he sells to the wholesaler, and they tax the wholesaler when he sells to the retailer, and they tax the retailer when he sells to the consumer.

The government could make huge amounts of money taxing marijuana sales. BTW, the majority of people who make "rollies" buy the tobacco. I'm from the North Carolina, the tobacco growing capital of the world, and I'm from a county were tobacco is the number one agricultural product, and I don't know one person under the age of 60 who "rolls" their own.[/QUOTE]Isn't that they can only tax it on Export or Import....still making weed untaxable unless it is brought in from abroad.

Same with tobacco, only imported is taxed.