[AFreeBird]

In 2003, Indiana smokers comprised only 26.1% of the adult population in the state. Here is what they already pay because they choose to buy a legal product:

Smokers Pay Excise Taxes $335,915,000
Smokers Pay Sales Taxes $125,116,000
Smokers Pay Tobacco Settlement Payments $126,600,000
Total: $587,631,000

Let lets assume that the purely altruistic reasons for raising all these taxes is to stop people smoking, and that they are successful.

What will these politicos target next to make them feel smug and superior AND RAISE ALL THOSE HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of DOLLARS!?

Hopefully it will be something I don't care much about, but something that I can ram down the throats of those pius, smug anti's.

[The Worthless Miracle]

I'm most upset about the imminent domain suit the state has threatened in order to build that new stadium.