tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post8380979736974133253..comments2024-03-28T15:07:28.751-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Creating opportunities for crimePeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-65360315305377928342011-03-03T04:40:11.223-06:002011-03-03T04:40:11.223-06:00Five an' twenty ponies trotting in the dark.
B...Five an' twenty ponies trotting in the dark.<br />Brandy for the parson, 'baccy for the clerk.<br />Thems that ask no questions isn't told a lie.<br />Watch the walls, my darling, as the gentlemen go by.<br /><br />Rudyard KiplingCybrluditehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02222195374935367060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-26649061583255112472011-03-01T22:36:32.033-06:002011-03-01T22:36:32.033-06:00George - You'd a lot more visible trying to ge...George - You'd a lot more visible trying to get something across the (national) border than you would by having out-of-state license plates... There would still be a profit motive I'm sure but smokes are terribly bulky to smuggle, particularly when compared to coke.<br /><br />If smokes cost the same at the corner as they do across state lines, there wouldn't be any real motive to move them across state lines.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-46600126755373279592011-03-01T13:49:01.511-06:002011-03-01T13:49:01.511-06:00Peter, I'm surprised! You allege if a common ...Peter, I'm surprised! You allege if a common tax rate were agreed upon, criminal trafficking would be eliminated. What about smuggling from offshore, Mexico, etc.? Just curious.Guffaw in AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356210589713923042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-52362842872064500942011-03-01T11:14:00.601-06:002011-03-01T11:14:00.601-06:00I quit smoking a few decades ago but I still notic...I quit smoking a few decades ago but I still notice things like prices and who is buying what. It's very common to see cars with Kansas, Iowa, Illinois plated parked at small country stores with names like "Smokes." A few weeks ago I saw a woman loading her Kansas licensed car at one such place with two LARGE shopping bags filled with cartons of cigarettes. I doubt she was stocking up for the winter.Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-30645115927839175952011-03-01T08:12:53.810-06:002011-03-01T08:12:53.810-06:00Using the known propensity of GOV to want to maxim...Using the known propensity of GOV to want to maximize the penalty, it is easy to presume that making the taxes uniform (at New York's rate) will result in more theft. Tobacco theft in Virginia is already a problem, with the Russian gangs from New York and New Jersey being the most common arrestees.Newbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09501998014769060130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-69611796465417812892011-03-01T08:10:17.700-06:002011-03-01T08:10:17.700-06:00If it's a crime to avoid being mugged, even by...If it's a crime to avoid being mugged, even by a guy wearing an official clown suit, then call me a criminal.perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-26857359304173362082011-03-01T03:32:57.436-06:002011-03-01T03:32:57.436-06:00Some years ago the politicians in Sweden raised to...Some years ago the politicians in Sweden raised tobaccoe taxes. The result was that smuggling became very profitable, and commonly accepted. <br />Criminals built up an infrastructure to handle all the smuggling of cigarettes, which gave them huge profits. <br /><br />Some time later the politicians realized that the only thing to come out of the high taxes was organized crime, turf wars and less tax revenue (most people bought smuggled cigarettes), and they lowered the rates. But at that time the infrastructure was allready there, so the organized crime that had been created simply switched to other ways of making profits.<br /><br />The raised taxes brought serious organized crime to Sweden, including turf wars.Eriknoreply@blogger.com