Hobos Hit Hardest by Tobacco Tax
Rolling your own has lost its charm. The tax on loose rolling tobacco has increased from $1.09 a pound to $24.59, that’s a 2200% increase. Rollies used to be a respectable way to smoke, skirting around the major brands. One would have to work for their grit – developing their own style of rolling and perfecting it with pride, style, class, Humphrey fucking Bogart. But it was also the way of the street person, the bargain shopper and the generally poor to buy that pouch of Bugler for $2.25, it’s all we could afford – now they are asking $5 for Bugler at that 711 down the street. Shame on selling out the hobos and the less fortunate.
How High? Too High To Pay Taxes: Method Man Loses '08 Navigator to IRS
As tax season closes upon us all like a venomus vice of snakes, it’s nice to know rappers have the same problems we have. Wu-Tang member Clifford Smith, aka M-E-T-H-O-D, MAN owes $52,503 to the State of New York in back taxes, so the state sent four NYPD officers and a repo team, nabbing Method’s 2008 Lincoln Navigator. UPI reported the news March 19, and the NY Daily News followed March 22. Click the headline to read, the best quotes below:
