So the tribes have found another way to make some serious pocket change along with the casinos and resorts: Making and selling there own cigarettes. Many seem to be mad or upset about Indian tribes making and selling there own cigarettes and selling them for a much cheaper price. Its a great idea and they should be able to keep doing it. As long as they only sell them on there land. Who are we to say it's tax evasion, when they are sovereign- nations and do as they please. Maybe we will put less tax on tobacco products and people will buy are cigarettes and everyone is happy.
Check it out:http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/nyregion/indian-tribes-make-own-cigarettes-to-avoid-ny-tax.html
2 comments:
Being a person that works in an Indian casino and has to deal with smoke first hand, I wish that they didn’t allow smoking at all. But since that will never be the case and the bottom line is the dollar; I think it is perfectly legal for them to do as they wish on their own land and if that involves making their own cigarettes and selling them I don’t see why that should be illegal. The government cannot have it cake and eat it too. They are the ones that made the laws and gave the Native Americans their own reservations. Being part Cherokee myself I still think that this idea was not a smart one and is further dividing our nation and races.
Being a person that works in an Indian casino and has to deal with smoke first hand, I wish that they didn’t allow smoking at all. But since that will never be the case and the bottom line is the dollar; I think it is perfectly legal for them to do as they wish on their own land and if that involves making their own cigarettes and selling them I don’t see why that should be illegal. The government cannot have it cake and eat it too. They are the ones that made the laws and gave the Native Americans their own reservations. Being part Cherokee myself I still think that this idea was not a smart one and is further dividing our nation and races.
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