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<blockquote data-quote="Lesepfeife" data-source="post: 287513" data-attributes="member: 2336"><p>The count is running 93% against this proposed change. My note of protest:</p><p></p><p>I oppose S. 194 ("A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax rate parity") because I believe it will have a net negative influence on the economy. I am a pipe smoker and have never used cigarettes. I am a member of an online community of pipe smokers, most of whom do not live near a local tobacconist. As was shown with the taxes on luxury boats etc. a number of years ago and more recently the increase in tax on cigarettes, a significant tax added to the cost of pipe tobacco is most likely to result in lower total tax revenue for the government. This in turn will also result in layoffs and possible closing of the small businesses that sell pipe tobacco, further reducing tax revenue and possibly adding to the rolls of the unemployed. Pipe and cigarette tobaccos are totally different products and used employing different techniques. There is no need for "parity." With the expected net negative impact of this proposed change I urge you to vote no when it comes up for a vote.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lesepfeife, post: 287513, member: 2336"] The count is running 93% against this proposed change. My note of protest: I oppose S. 194 ("A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax rate parity") because I believe it will have a net negative influence on the economy. I am a pipe smoker and have never used cigarettes. I am a member of an online community of pipe smokers, most of whom do not live near a local tobacconist. As was shown with the taxes on luxury boats etc. a number of years ago and more recently the increase in tax on cigarettes, a significant tax added to the cost of pipe tobacco is most likely to result in lower total tax revenue for the government. This in turn will also result in layoffs and possible closing of the small businesses that sell pipe tobacco, further reducing tax revenue and possibly adding to the rolls of the unemployed. Pipe and cigarette tobaccos are totally different products and used employing different techniques. There is no need for "parity." With the expected net negative impact of this proposed change I urge you to vote no when it comes up for a vote. [/QUOTE]
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