Posted on 04/06/2012 4:02:20 PM PDT by Drango
Your argument descends into ad hominem, and becomes a red herring. You can be opposed to smoking and not want to have higher cigarette taxes.
I oppose smoking, I don’t want people addicted to nicotine. I don’t want the government to cynically tax the addicted to make up for their budgeting problems. Education is the proper course here. They know that smokers are stuck, addicted and to try to ream them for another $300-$700 bucks a year (on top of gosh knows how much more they already kick in) is just downright punitive.
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