Dear smoker friends, we all need to react to this passage of the PACT Act in the house of representatives. These smucks that Bobby T refers to above and especially the dishonorable Anthony Weiner will and have said anything to pass this. It is horrible that this guy is telling other members that Hezzbollah is making money from online tobacco sales and that is a reason for shutting down ALL online smoke shops by making tobacco into non-mailable matter. Maybe it was true before 9/11/2001 but not in todays world. Besides 1.5 million being a small drop in the bucket. What is homeland security for if that can't stop a measley 1.5 million going to a terrorist group? All the rest of us should have to suffer because DHS is just another bunch of beauracrats that can't do their job? This is going to make it easy for foreign online retailers to grow. Their shipments of one carton each will just blend in to the Postal delivery system. At least the Indian shops try to help their own people.
Weiner keeps saying that this stops kids from getting tobacco products even though the shops in question are doing age verification and have been for the last several years. And a lot of shops won't even deliver to New York because of these insane money grubbing tactics.
This is all about money for Democrat politicians in New York City mostly. It takes big bucks for politicians like Weiner to live high on the hog with double six figure salaries. Why can't these government officials have a hiring freeze to save money? They don't really want to save money; they want to spend money. Your money.
This hard line the gov is taking just sabotages their own budget plans by reducing their tax base. The bill puts online tobacco business's out of business in the United States and ends thousands of jobs. Meaning more people going on unemployment and welfare. Do YOU want these few NYC politicians controlling YOUR purchases no matter what state you live in?
This has been "walked across the aisle" and will be considered in the US Senate very soon. The power in the Senate has changed since last year and there are more Left wingers (Democrats) there now. If we all don't contact our state senators and tell them to vote NO on the pact act, we will all be going to the convenience store to buy cigs at even more outrageous prices very soon. Please go to congress dot org and find you state senator and explain your position in an email. If you go to the "Roll Call" section, you can post it online. Please everyone ask you state senators to vote NO on the PACT Act. Please do it as soon as you can. Do it today. We may stop this thing for another year or two if our state senators get a negative response from the smoking public.
