I was reading a lovely article today regarding the fact that the decline in smoking has been a headache for government because they are forced to raise cigarette taxes in order to keep generating enough revenue. The article can be found here
Well the solution is simple, raise them federal taxes! Not just a little either, double it, or triple it! After all, smoking is an addiction so the vast majority of people will eat the cost and keep smoking. They can't stop. And by increasing the federal tax rate and then reimbursing the states everyone will be hit equally.
Sure the smokers will really grumble, but the other good news about the decline of smoking is that there are less voters out there that smoke, making the non-smokers the vast majority of a congressman's voting block.
Making it more expensive to blow smoke in my face... Definitely Tomland approved!
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