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Thread ID: 123454	2012-02-25 22:58:00	Smoking=government profit	Metla (12)	PC World Chat

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1261424	2012-02-26 17:49:00	You aren't very bright because when the price gets too high it only makes it more profitable for the black-market guys and so the Govt. will end up with less tax but still have the problem of people smoking. In fact I am surprised there is not more on the black-market now as the stuff almost grows like a weed. I had one plant last year and have had seedlings pop up all over the place this year. They haven't manged to stop people smoking marijuana yet. Big tobacco growing expert are you?	prefect (6291)
1261425	2012-02-26 18:07:00	You aren't very bright because when the price gets too high it only makes it more profitable for the black-market guys and so the Govt. will end up with less tax but still have the problem of people smoking. In fact I am surprised there is not more on the black-market now as the stuff almost grows like a weed. I had one plant last year and have had seedlings pop up all over the place this year. They haven't manged to stop people smoking marijuana yet. I don’t know quite what goes on here, but in an area I frequent in Queensland there are old redundant tobacco farms and kilns to be found everywhere. I always assumed they had gone out of business through lack of demand. However, whilst there last month I notice a number of them have been replanted. I wonder if there is a resurgence in the demand for tobacco? :confused:	B.M. (505)
1261426	2012-02-26 18:19:00	I don’t know quite what goes on here, but in an area I frequent in Queensland there are old redundant tobacco farms and kilns to be found everywhere. I always assumed they had gone out of business through lack of demand. However, whilst there last month I notice a number of them have been replanted. I wonder if there is a resurgence in the demand for tobacco? :confused: Why buy expensive Oz NZ tobacco when you can buy cheap stuff from overseas? Some countries that grow baccy just fine dont have stupid ACC levies, high wages, RUC on trucks that deliver stuff, 1 months hols per year, GST, OSH.	prefect (6291)
1261427	2012-02-26 18:49:00	Is it true, that we can be taxed to be good and healthy?	Cicero (40)
1261428	2012-02-26 20:14:00	True or not, we can be, and usually are, taxed until we bleed. (Unless we can afford a $12,000 tax consultant's fee to ease the strain a few dozen percent.)	R2x1 (4628)
1261429	2012-02-26 20:42:00	Why buy expensive Oz NZ tobacco when you can buy cheap stuff from overseas? Some countries that grow baccy just fine dont have stupid ACC levies, high wages, RUC on trucks that deliver stuff, 1 months hols per year, GST, OSH. Buggered if I know what goes on. Aussie Smoking Laws are pretty much the same as ours but someone must have found a market for the stuff somewhere because they've planted 1000's of acres of it. I'll be back over there in a month or so, so I'll make a point of finding out. :)	B.M. (505)
1261430	2012-02-26 21:39:00	Big tobacco growing expert are you? That is a rather pathetic conclusion to make from what I posted.	mikebartnz (21)
1261431	2012-02-26 23:46:00	No law about growing it used to be able to order the seeds from Yates and they were in their garden book before pc times struck. However processing it into something smokable and selling it is a different story. Pretty easy to spot the blackmarket baccy seller. Unlike electric puha the government will not stand idly by as they lose the baccy tax money to some crooks, they will probaly turn out the National guard. Just make blackmarketing of tobacco the same as the German penalty for black marketing in WW2.	prefect (6291)
1261432	2012-03-01 06:28:00	I already feel healthier, just need to do something about my weight and total lack of fitness. Still all good? I'm trying to get my fitness back on track, Done a couple of sessions with the weights earlier in the week, 12k's on the bike last night, signed up for the gym this morning, done a 2.4 mile run on the running machine, then a session on the weights. then another mile on the running machine. Then I ate like a mad dog all afternoon as I tried to recover.	Metla (12)
1261433	2012-03-01 06:41:00	Still all good? I'm trying to get my fitness back on track, Done a couple of sessions with the weights earlier in the week, 12k's on the bike last night, signed up for the gym this morning, done a 2.4 mile run on the running machine, then a session on the weights. then another mile on the running machine. Then I ate like a mad dog all afternoon as I tried to recover. That was one wild dream.	Cicero (40)
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