I vote - NO, because this is persecution for Native Americans for whom tobacco is ritual.
Barb Falker-Crandall - 15 years ago
I do not believe there should be an emposed tax, and no I am not a smoker. The indigenous people of this area have worked hard and made a good living for them selves. They have suceeded with building a prosporus buisness on land that is not of the highest quality which they were given to do as they wish and it is to be sovereign. With the Reservation being a soverign nation, it does not fall under our laws. If the tax goes through, and retaliation occurs, such as blocking parts of the thruway which travels through sovereign land, this will have been brought on by the taxation proporsition, and we will have the Governer who does not even live in this area to thank. There are many other ways to cut spending which would help our state get out of debt. Some buisnesses I have worked for could have saved so much money by doing a few simple things. Some of these were corporate lunches at fine resturaunts instead of a small buisness lunch. I have seen some unions send there representatives and their families to Hawaii for the year end meetings, and we all have seen goverment officals spend money frivolously. I say leave these people alone, do not take their livelihood away, and cause more unemployment.
Thank you.
Lincoln - 15 years ago
Yes, but Gov. Patterson is only charging taxes on cigarettes sold to non-Native Americans. Native Americans are still getting their purchases tax free. It is fair.
WE TOOK THEIR LAND,SLAUGHTERED THEM BY THE THOUSANDS,HAVE HAD DISRESPECT FOR THEM SINCE WE GOT HERE.AND NOW WE ARE GONNA TAKE AWAY ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST SOURCES OF REVENUE.WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE
I vote - NO, because this is persecution for Native Americans for whom tobacco is ritual.
I do not believe there should be an emposed tax, and no I am not a smoker. The indigenous people of this area have worked hard and made a good living for them selves. They have suceeded with building a prosporus buisness on land that is not of the highest quality which they were given to do as they wish and it is to be sovereign. With the Reservation being a soverign nation, it does not fall under our laws. If the tax goes through, and retaliation occurs, such as blocking parts of the thruway which travels through sovereign land, this will have been brought on by the taxation proporsition, and we will have the Governer who does not even live in this area to thank. There are many other ways to cut spending which would help our state get out of debt. Some buisnesses I have worked for could have saved so much money by doing a few simple things. Some of these were corporate lunches at fine resturaunts instead of a small buisness lunch. I have seen some unions send there representatives and their families to Hawaii for the year end meetings, and we all have seen goverment officals spend money frivolously. I say leave these people alone, do not take their livelihood away, and cause more unemployment.
Thank you.
Yes, but Gov. Patterson is only charging taxes on cigarettes sold to non-Native Americans. Native Americans are still getting their purchases tax free. It is fair.
WE TOOK THEIR LAND,SLAUGHTERED THEM BY THE THOUSANDS,HAVE HAD DISRESPECT FOR THEM SINCE WE GOT HERE.AND NOW WE ARE GONNA TAKE AWAY ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST SOURCES OF REVENUE.WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE