Now I'm Pissed Off

The politicians & bureaucrats Never have enough.

Long term, learning to grow your own baccy and doing all the steps to make it a good pipe smoke is sounding better all the time. Unfortunately, we pipe smokers don’t have the numbers and money to fight the assault.
In some places just about every pipe tobacco shop has been run out of business because of high taxes. At the same time, there are pot shops in every city & in most small towns. It’s very obvious who has the money & votes, . . . and who does not.

Unfortunately, fairness and what is right has very little to do with it.

Something about gut bacteria eating your preprocessed food, and then making their own farts, which turn into your own larger farts. It smells like bacteria farts, and that's all I know without Googling.

Edit: I Googled. Fermentation. Which, is basically bacteria farts.

Ok, this thread is getting pretty smelly. Time to clear the air........... Who's gonna light up that Ten Russians? Lol.

No surprise here. I figured that taxes would eventually be charged on Internet purchases. Only a matter of time, so I've always paid my use tax. Fortunately there doesn't seem to be any movement to go after taxes retroactively. Wouldn't affect me, but it could sure cause some pain.

As for organizations spending to the limit to avoid a budget cut, that's been a time honored practice for decades. I had a friend in the navy, back in the 1970's, who watched as thousands of pounds of munitions were regularly destroyed to use up their allowance. It was simply another form of corporate welfare, as defense contractors made a ton of money out of the contracts they negotiated with their agents in Congress.

Thank you, sablebrush52, for getting us back on track.