[CSM]

"If you go to the local dirty books store and buy porn, you pay a tax on it. Could I then presume from your above position that pornography should be unregulated?"

What taxes are levied against porn? In my state, they only assess a "sales tax" that just happens to equal the sales tax for every other taxable item in the state. There is no Federal excise tax, no manufacturing tax, no master settlement agreement, no state tobacco tax, etc. The cost of a Playboy in my state is $4.95 + 6% to total 5.25. The cost for a pack of cigs should be $0.80 after the entire value chain is involved and profitable. Instead, after all the cumulative taxes get added on you end up paying $4.50. That is a tax rate in excess of 550%. Many of these taxes are cumulative so that you end up taxing taxes.

We say again, taxation without representation. Would you care to ammend your stance?

[NJ Freeper]

Gotta love those sin taxes! (sarcasm) I even wonder if they realize that they're biting the hand that feeds them. And to compensate for smokers quitting, which is their excuse for taxing the heck out of cigarettes, they raise the taxes to make up for lost revenue. Let's not forget that the ends justify the means because it's "for our own good" (sarcasm)

[Tall_Texan]

We say again, taxation without representation. Would you care to ammend your stance?

No, I wouldn't. A sales tax is still a tax. There's additional taxes on gasoline too. Would you care to argue that gasoline should also be unregulated?