TAKE ACTION NOW BEFORE ITS TO LATE!!!
TAKE ACTION NOW OR CIGARS WILL BE TAXED INTO HISTORY
FROM FAMOUS SMOKE SHOP
Dear Robert Thomason,
I apologize for the additional email you're receiving, but as you'll see, this message is of such grave importance that I felt it necessary to contact you immediately.
The United States Senate is currently considering a tobacco tax increase for all tobacco products. Your help is needed in contacting Congress and urging them to oppose this tax increase.
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>From Norman Sharp, president, Cigar Association of America:
Under the current proposal, the large cigar tax rate would increase 156.4% (from 20.719% to 53.13% of the manufacturer’s selling price) and the current tax cap of around $0.05 per cigar would increase an astounding 20,413% to $10 per cigar essentially making the cap irrelevant. All large cigars would effectively be taxed at 53.13% of the manufacturer’s selling price. In all of the Internal Revenue Code, no other product is subject to an excise tax that approaches this level. The little cigar tax would increase 2,635% - from $1.83 per 1,000 to $50.00 per 1,000. To compound the injury, a floor stocks tax would be assessed on all products in inventory.
The Finance Committee was scheduled to mark up the measure last night. We anticipate no changes being made in the revenue provisions. The full Senate is expected to consider the legislation next week, but possibly sooner. We need you to act now and immediately contact your U.S. Senators.
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CONTACT YOUR SENATORS NOW!
Keep their phones ringing. YOU are paying their salaries. They are YOUR servants. Tell them how strongly you feel, and threaten to throw them out of office. This tax will put the cigar industry out of business, not to mention thousands of workers in The Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Remember how we began to break away from England with The Boston Tea Party? The power to tax is the power to destroy. YOUR voice counts. Call NOW, act NOW. Tomorrow may be too late.
You can contact your Senators directly in two ways:
Call or e-mail their Washington offices by clicking on the following link. (I've already done so.)
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
TAKE ACTION NOW OR CIGARS WILL BE TAXED INTO HISTORY
FROM FAMOUS SMOKE SHOP
Dear Robert Thomason,
I apologize for the additional email you're receiving, but as you'll see, this message is of such grave importance that I felt it necessary to contact you immediately.
The United States Senate is currently considering a tobacco tax increase for all tobacco products. Your help is needed in contacting Congress and urging them to oppose this tax increase.
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>From Norman Sharp, president, Cigar Association of America:
Under the current proposal, the large cigar tax rate would increase 156.4% (from 20.719% to 53.13% of the manufacturer’s selling price) and the current tax cap of around $0.05 per cigar would increase an astounding 20,413% to $10 per cigar essentially making the cap irrelevant. All large cigars would effectively be taxed at 53.13% of the manufacturer’s selling price. In all of the Internal Revenue Code, no other product is subject to an excise tax that approaches this level. The little cigar tax would increase 2,635% - from $1.83 per 1,000 to $50.00 per 1,000. To compound the injury, a floor stocks tax would be assessed on all products in inventory.
The Finance Committee was scheduled to mark up the measure last night. We anticipate no changes being made in the revenue provisions. The full Senate is expected to consider the legislation next week, but possibly sooner. We need you to act now and immediately contact your U.S. Senators.
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CONTACT YOUR SENATORS NOW!
Keep their phones ringing. YOU are paying their salaries. They are YOUR servants. Tell them how strongly you feel, and threaten to throw them out of office. This tax will put the cigar industry out of business, not to mention thousands of workers in The Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Remember how we began to break away from England with The Boston Tea Party? The power to tax is the power to destroy. YOUR voice counts. Call NOW, act NOW. Tomorrow may be too late.
You can contact your Senators directly in two ways:
Call or e-mail their Washington offices by clicking on the following link. (I've already done so.)
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
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