[Daffynition]

The opposite in CT: $1-A-Pack Hike Brings In More Than Expected

The legislature, at the bidding of our emperor gov, has said they are considering a *tax-free* week liquor sales.....many Nutmeggers go to neighbor [no-tax] states for their booze, as it is.

Politicos have been whining that revenues from cigs, booze, the home building slump, and gambling are way down to the state coffers:

**Contributions to the state fell in tandem with the lower revenues, since the casinos give a quarter of their slot revenue to the state. Foxwoods sent $9.8 million to the state's special revenue fund, while Mohegan Sun sent $11.4 million.**

Hartford in the near future...

[Olog-hai]

CT’s spike in taxes will go down once people discover illicit cigarettes.

[Drango]

Every single state that has raised its cigarette tax rate has subsequently received more tax revenue than they would have received without a rate increase, despite the fact that cigarette tax increases reduce state smoking levels and despite any related increases in cigarette smuggling or tax evasion," according to a report on the organization's website — http://www.tobaccofreekids.org. "Put simply, the increased tax per pack brings in more new state revenue than is lost from the related reductions in the number of packs sold and taxed in the state."

WORD.