re: #444 Tommy’s cone of shame

NYC raises taxes on cigarettes and wonders why tax receipts go down:
[Link: www.nypost.com…]
(last paragraph of article)

Blasphemy! When are those knuckleheads going to acknowledge that those are regressive taxes. They can’t expect smokers to keep generating revenue and have to find other avenue such as soda or snack taxes. Myself I’m down to 1/2 pack a day.