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Old 07-30-2017, 04:49 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls View Post
It balances out the healthcare costs smoking creates.
Do they actually balance or does one cost/provide more? Considering that smoking continues to decline I don't know that it makes sense continue to raise the tax.
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There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.
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