What is going to happen
to cigarette smoking in Iowa if (when?) the legislature double the tax on
a
pack of smokes

Iowa smokers will purchase out of state.

The aviation parallel, of course, is simply to witness how many foreign-born
pilots come to America to train -- to escape predatory taxation.

I'm all for people quitting smoking, but adding 60-some cents per pack
tax -- overnight -- seems like a great way to (a) cut tax income for the
State and (b) create a thriving black market.

Heck, I remember in the 1970s my parents would pay a trucker friend to pick
up 50 cartons of cigarettes whenever he drove through Virginia (?) because
they cost a whole dollar less (per carton!) then they did in Wisconsin.
With this proposed tax, the difference could be as much as $12 per carton!

Social engineering through taxation -- even well-meaning efforts -- almost
always seems to have unforeseen consequences.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"