> If a small number of rich people are willing to pay $100 in extra taxes to smoke a cigarette, is that really so bad? What is the rational to "letting" the ri

> If a small number of rich people are willing to pay $100 in extra taxes to smoke a cigarette, is that really so bad? What is the rational to "letting" the rich smoke (replace with activity "X" if desired), but not everyone else? For the most part, that is what the policy effectively ends up doing, and so enacting it becomes to an implicit approval of that result. It's obviously not the only way of looking at the situation, but I think it has some merit. Interesting to think about, at least.