24 Jun 2022 10:57 am
While this a bit of a reach.. outlawing tobacco/nicotine would be a disaster. Users would simply find a black market to acquire what they want.
A bit of an interesting aside. Yes, the tax revenues have started to slide. Years ago, tax revenues from cigarettes, gas, and alcohol were the supposed cash cows. Raise the tax and folks will still pay it. Their desire to have those goods overrides anything else. They will simply compensate by spending less on other goods/services. Well, that has not turned out to be the case. Come to find out, there is a limit. At a certain point, folks stop purchasing these goods legally or in some cases.. simply do without.
A bit of an interesting aside. Yes, the tax revenues have started to slide. Years ago, tax revenues from cigarettes, gas, and alcohol were the supposed cash cows. Raise the tax and folks will still pay it. Their desire to have those goods overrides anything else. They will simply compensate by spending less on other goods/services. Well, that has not turned out to be the case. Come to find out, there is a limit. At a certain point, folks stop purchasing these goods legally or in some cases.. simply do without.