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Originally Posted by mszee
I think they took this idea from American way of taxing cigs...
They collect a VERY FAT tax on those...claiming that if cigarettes cost more...people will smoke less...uh uh...nothing but a scam for tax profiteering....
What are they gonna do about people who are heavy because of the drugs side effects, etc...tax them per pound of their fat???
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They've done that for years here. Every budget sees an increase on cigs, booze and fuel. In fact, most of the cost of these things is tax, especially fuel, which is over TWO THIRDS tax. You 'Americans' have it easy!