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All government budgets levy a heavy tax on Cigarettes and liquor"
Are you on drugs? You want the government to give you back the taxes you pay on cigarettes? You realize that the reason the taxes are so high is mainly as a deterrent to smoking, as well as to generate revenue. Why would they give you this money back!!
To much....
Governments do not make money, they just tax the citizens.
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$1.00
The government collects the tax money.
2.16 trillion
The Government gets an ENORMOUS amount of tax revenue from smoking.
It makes 1,000,000,000
They dont ban it because it brings in a lot of tax money.
"How much tax money does California get back from the federal government?" is the question in my mind too. I did ask Senator Babara Boxer's office by web comment at her web page, got no answer.