FOX Sunday, interview with Gov. Pawlenty talks about 75 cent increase in cigarette taxes - refers to it as a “health impact fee”. Pawlenty says this tax was the least harmful to economic growth (plus eeevvvviiiiillll smokers are a minority that the majority can get more money from).
Sadly, even many Republicans don’t understand the issue. The issue is not smoking, it’s about government control. If government can tell you when you can or cannot do something they can do it with something else. And on, and on, and on.