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[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The tax on cigarettes is basically just racketeering; the government extracting a cut from drug addicts. The tax went well beyond the burden on the healthcare system a long time ago, and they don't even use it on the healthcare system, so fuck 'em.

They were stupid to think they could increase it forever without a black market filling the gap. Neolibs have learned nothing.

[–] shads@lemy.lol 1 points 17 hours ago

Well that is their special skill, and their happy place.