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Old 10-25-2021, 10:03 AM
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In NY they raised the gas tax to discourage people from driving and creating pollution. Driving miles did drop. Dropped enough where the state stopped receiving as much from the gas tax as they had been. Of course, they raised the gas tax more.
Same story with cigarettes. Sin tax.