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:We're not talking about economics in this particular article; we're talking about people who say one thing and do another.  With regard to smoking-related taxation, there are people who demanded the tax, both in state government and in anti-smoking organizations, and these same people expected to make a windfall in revenue as soon as taxes were raised, ''while at the same time telling the public they expect people would reduce or quit smoking as a result of the higher rates''.  The only way that the state can collect those higher rates is for people to be smoking; the state cannot collect the taxes from cigarette sales if nobody is lighting up.  [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 12:27, 31 July 2007 (EDT)

:We're not talking about economics in this particular article; we're talking about people who say one thing and do another.  With regard to smoking-related taxation, there are people who demanded the tax, both in state government and in anti-smoking organizations, and these same people expected to make a windfall in revenue as soon as taxes were raised, ''while at the same time telling the public they expect people would reduce or quit smoking as a result of the higher rates''.  The only way that the state can collect those higher rates is for people to be smoking; the state cannot collect the taxes from cigarette sales if nobody is lighting up.  [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 12:27, 31 July 2007 (EDT)