I almost forgot. I think it very stupid that cigarette taxes go to fund education. If part of the goal of raising cigarette taxes is to get people to quit, and the taxes do their job...schools are going to be short funded. Why do they want to get people to quit? Because it's costing so much in healthcare. Why not use the cigarette taxes to fund healthcare? That makes a lot more sense. That way, if the taxes do their job, we wouldn't need as much money for healthcare.
I have similar thoughts about taxes on gasoline. If we tax gas more, the money should be used for public transportation and developing alternative fuels. This would decrease our dependence on gasoline, so that gasoline prices don't keep rising (and we take better care of the earth).
That's all
2 comments:
good thoughts. keep digging.
Hehehe, I love your struggling with rationality. They're great ideas that are definitely logical.
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