Read an interesting story in the National Post yesterday re contraband tobacco.
According to Thomas Blackwell's article black market cigs are "...accounting for 30% of the total Canadian market and nearly 50% in Ontario, according to various estimates."
This, of course, is a lie. By the same people whose lies have helped create the drug war fiasco in the western world.
Just an idea, but, if this contraband ciggie thing is a native issue why don't we let, as in allow, natives to sell cigarettes on their reservations sans tax. Proper brands of cigs too. And allow mail orders too.
Of course the above solution is wayyyyyyyy too simple and doesn't make money for the chattering classes and finger pointers and special interest groups so it ain't gonna happen.
So sad, too bad.
WFDS
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