Where did you read where the rest of us are paying taxes for her? Cigarettes in Maine went through the roof because the damn lawmakers raised the taxes up to $2.00 a PACK. It's the American Way to Shop Cheap. A lot of smokers are going elsewhere to buy cheaper cigarettes and now Maine smokers have to hold their breath because of the under handed dealings of Maine government!
I think it's an outrage!
I didn't say we were paying taxes for her. But if she's on disability your taxes (not necessarily cigarette taxes; any taxes) help pay for that disability. And that disability helps pay for her cigarettes. Ergo, your taxes help buy her cigarettes. I don't begrudge truly disabled people some basic help but cigarettes are hardly a necessity. And I say that as a former pack-a-day smoker.