Subj : Ammo Taxes
To   : Derision
From : Operations
Date : Thu Jun 28 2018 11:45:07

  Re: Ammo Taxes
  By: Derision to Thumper on Wed Jun 27 2018 08:16 pm

 >   Re: Ammo Taxes
 >   By: Thumper to All on Wed Jun 27 2018 08:58:16
 > 
 >  > A 20% tax on firearms and 50% tax on ammunition is being considered in
 >  > Congress, but FPC is using every available resource and remedy to prevent
 >  > from taking effect.
 > 
 > Don't know why that's surprising. Yet another way to grab some cash from
 > people. On the state level alone, in New Jersey, aside from your regular sal
 > taxes (6.6%, soon to be 7% again), property taxes (highest in the US), incom
 > taxes (5% for firmly middle class folks), and so on... they also tax gas (37
 > cents per gallon), cigarettes ($2.70 per pack), and now they're talking abou
 > taxing bags in stores (both plastic AND paper) at 5 cents per bag. Won't eve
 > venture into the federal level... but if they can squeeze another couple of
 > cents out of everyone, they'll do it every time.
 > 
Yes, and those couple of cents sure do add up.

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