The tax eaters seem to be working twenty-four hours each day.
'Kurita's bill would have raised Tennessee's tobacco tax to 43 cents per pack of cigarettes. Tennessee, whose current 13-cent-per-pack cigarette tax is the seventh-lowest in the country, is one of 20 states considering sharp increases in tobacco taxes this year. Under Tennessee law, 99 percent of tobacco tax proceeds are earmarked for K-12 education. Kentucky, West Virginia, Georgia and Missouri are among states considering tobacco tax increases, said Kurita, who is not a member of the finance committee. '
IF these other states which border TN raise their cig taxes 30-50 cents a pack, BUSINESSES in the border area of TN will get MORE business, and the State of TN will GET MORE TAX REVENUE!