The difference between taxes and pickpocketing? Taxes are LEGAL


Alabama tobacco tax ruled illegal, but the taxpayers don't get the money back

The tax was ruled illegal, but still doesn't go back to the people it was stolen from.

The Alabama Supreme Court reversed itself Friday and ruled illegal a 10-cent tax on tobacco products levied by some Jefferson County cities.

"I think the Supreme Court got it right on the legality of the tax," said lawyer Pete Short, who filed a lawsuit seeking to get the tax overturned. "The law was clear that cities in Jefferson County could not tax tobacco products."

The high court ruled that money collected under the tax by Bessemer, Hoover and Hueytown - about $1.8 million - go to Cooper Green Hospital after a third of the sum is awarded in attorney fees.

I know that the lawsuit didn't ask that the money be returned to those who were fleeced, but even so. Think about it, the money goes to the lawyers and to a public institution, not to the taxpayers.

Government is not your friend.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Mon - August 7, 2006 at 04:31 AM  Tag


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