Well, yes, we are talking about _American_ taxes on cigarettes - are we not? > If you assume everyone mismanages funds, you don't give them enough funds to rea

Well, yes, we are talking about _American_ taxes on cigarettes - are we not? > If you assume everyone mismanages funds, you don't give them enough funds to really deliver value on Why on Earth would you assume that? I don't give anybody tax money. Considering how much god damned money my country spends murdering innocent civilians in the MENA region, I'd say you're looking at it backwards. > The rest of the world has relatively well functioning governments I've passed through nearly four dozen embassies in my day, and never have I met a "well-functioning" government throughout that broad experience. I think you're full of shit, and are just recycling old "isms" that don't apply to the modern world.