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0 pointsbluGill10mo ago0 comments

> All taxes that generate revenue are taxes on good things

I think a majority would agree tobacco is not a good thing and yet we tax it.

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noqc10mo ago

taxing tobacco is not to generate revenue. That is, in fact, exactly the point. Taxing tobacco is to discourage tobacco use. The point is to have close to zero tobacco use, which results in close to zero revenue.

bluGillOP10mo ago

Taxing tobacco is for both purposes.

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noqc10mo ago

bluGillOP10mo ago

Taxing tobacco is for both purposes.

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