Most people who smoke don't even know cigarettes have a special tax. It costs what it costs, a little than a bigmac at mcdonalds for a pack of cigs and less th

Most people who smoke don't even know cigarettes have a special tax. It costs what it costs, a little than a bigmac at mcdonalds for a pack of cigs and less than six-pack of beer. I agree with your last argument, but companies like apple and google will remain and they might end up paying billions in taxes and shrug it off as an operating cost. Now, politicians will say a lot against wage gap but man...who's gonna mess with a few billion dollars of revenue, this is money they can say "I will do ______ without raising taxes" with