Unless the S.C. legislature somehow rallies to the side of their beloved Guv and his threatened veto, the Palmetto Bug state will soon leapfrog North Carolina in the knock-down, drag out battle over which state has the 44th highest cigarette tax in the country. Yesterday the SC Senate voted 41-1 to raise the tax from 7 cents to 50 cents per pack.
Can’t be long before pro-bidness lawmakers move to use OUR rate of 44 cents as a recruiting tool to lure Pedro’s to move north of the border.
FYI, the average rate is $1.41.
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