Here in the People's Republic of ILLinois, a cigarette tax increase of about $1 per pack is being imposed, as is the doubling of our motor fuel tax. The fuel tax increase begins on July 1. I don't smoke so I'm not directly affected by the cigarette tax and do not know when it goes into effect.

In a backwards kind of way, the politicians want us to believe they are doing us a favor by increasing the tax on cigarettes...which will lead to fewer people buying them.

Anyone care to place a wager as to how many people (bums/panhandlers) will stop smoking due to the increase? My bet is that number will be darned close to zero.

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