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Originally Posted by GatorB
I'm all for it. Some fucker smokes for decades knowing it's bad for him. Then when he's in his 60's he has lung problems or cancer and I'm picking up his tab for his medical bills. How is that fair to me? Either this tax would encourage him to quit which means I'm not footing his medical bills or the cigarette taxes are paying for it. My state just raised cigarette taxes by 42 cents a pack. They're still one of the lower taxes on cigs in the US at 62 cents. N Carolina and Knentucky have the lowest taxes. They are also the two largest producers of tobacco. Go figure.
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You have a great point and I agree with 100% However, has your land tax gone down since they raised the cig tax? Has your income tax gone down since they raised the cig tax? Has your workmens comp gone down since they raised cig taxes?
Mostlikely not, up up up up taxes go up up up
A lot of the cig tax is being wasted on pork.
