Liquor laws.... cigarette laws (who can sell/etc.... and even auto sales. Heavily regulated industries abound, those are three very big ones whose taxes fund a

Liquor laws.... cigarette laws (who can sell/etc.... and even auto sales. Heavily regulated industries abound, those are three very big ones whose taxes fund a lot of services but more importantly whose political donations fund even more protection. In Georgia there was a big stink about restaurants storing customer alcohol, seems the locals took offense and were confiscating private alcohol because of lack of tax stamps. If people ever thought there were not enough taxes they never bothered to add them all up. Even taxes, fees, and whatnot, that do not hit you directly get you in the end