Re:Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous for Mexi...
by p1necone on Friday July 17, 2020 @08:16PM
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A large part of the cost of illegal drugs comes from all the effort needed to avoid law enforcement along the supply chain. I'm sure a legitimate operation could save enough money from being able to just have large scale production and delivery in the open without having to hide it to make up for a few % of tax.
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Re:Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous for Mexi...
by bigtechdataeng on Friday July 17, 2020 @08:38PM
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I think most of the cost is because of the personal and inventory risk that everyone involved carries. With 100x markup, seizures at borders aren’t as big a deal.
And there are lots of people involved, each one adds markup.
Re:Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous for Mexi...
by catalogia on Saturday July 18, 2020 @11:13AM
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> a few % of tax.
The cigarette tax rate in New York is 2500% higher than the tax rate in Missouri. That's more than a few %, and that's just the state tax; NYC has their own additional tax that increases the difference even more.