Tracy R Reed wrote:
Ralph Shumaker wrote:
Not exactly. Not only would direct tax revenue be lost on the
cigarette sales themselves, but then a secondary tax loss indirectly
on the manufacture and sale of drugs used to treat symptoms.
It is generally better for the economy not to have to spend the money
in the first place than to collect the tax on having spent it.
I think everyone except those benefiting from said tax collections
agrees with you.
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Ralph
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