2007-07-25 06:18:58 · 10 answers · asked by Bingkensmeller 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Big tobacco doesn't make squat compared to the government.
2007-07-25 06:22:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It costs under $1 to make a pack. On the last published statistics, profit was at 11 cents per pack. So at the average of $5 per pack, local, state and federal are making the money. Same as for gas, many pumps have a tax breakdown. The oil companies and the government make the money, not the gas stations. So, with more taxes being placed on cigarettes, and less people smoking, who is going to make up the tax deficit that the government isnt collecting? The government isnt going to loose their tax base, other taxes will increase to make up the difference.
2007-07-25 13:26:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Big Government. The link points to one of the anti-tobacco groups, but their study even can't go so far as to totally disguise the outrageous amount of money the government takes in on cigarettes.
They include supposed (per-pack costs) to try and justify the government's actions, but these numbers are ridiculously skewed. Basically, if Bob (a smoker) falls off a cliff, he is counted as a smoking-related health care cost. The tobacco prohibition movement is absurd in their propaganda if you follow it up.
Just like in the days of Demon Run and Reefer Madness, the puritans who would run your life given half a chance will say anything, no matter how absurd, to persuade you to give up your liberty.
2007-07-25 13:37:24 · answer #3 · answered by the_defiant_kulak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big Tobacco
2007-07-25 13:22:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Big Government...if cigarettes were made illegal a lot of things would go away...you know those give away programs. So thank a smoker.
2007-07-25 13:23:54 · answer #5 · answered by Monte T 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Big Government.
By the way...if you aren't buying cigarettes then you are taking money away from poor schoolchildren who need better textbooks, better teacher-to-student rations, and computers. *sarcasm*
Why cigarette taxes fund education is a mystery to me.
2007-07-25 13:39:08 · answer #6 · answered by Mathsorcerer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The government by a long shot which is why they wont outlaw it.
2007-07-25 13:22:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both. Sin tax supplements public education.
2007-07-25 13:20:40 · answer #8 · answered by CHARITY G 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
more, obviously big tobacco companies but the govnerment isnt far behind
2007-07-25 13:21:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
shared by both...
2007-07-25 13:22:11 · answer #10 · answered by Harish Jharia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋