[arthurus]

The state did NOT “lose 1.63 billion dollars. If the cigarette tax were lower the smuggling would be less.. That 1.63b was not there to lose in the first place.

[Lurker]

“The state did NOT “lose 1.63 billion dollars.“

No more calls, folks. We have a winner.

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[TruthShallSetYouFree]

The state did NOT “lose 1.63 billion dollars. If the cigarette tax were lower the smuggling would be less.. That 1.63b was not there to lose in the first place.

Exactly. If they raised the toll on the GW Bridge to $1000, they'd multiply that by the previous year's traffic and decide that they lost a trillion bucks in tolls because most people started using the Lincoln Tunnel.