Not many people would support a tax they knew would only affect poor and middle class Americans. Even fewer would call that tax “equitable.” Nevertheless, Congressional Democrats are looking to increase a tax known to disproportionately hurt the poor and people of color.
Americans making under $400,000 pay the vast majority of the tobacco taxes in this country, but Democrats in Washington are still pushing new taxes that would double the price of tobacco products. The Biden administration is looking to increase the tobacco tax. While tobacco taxes are most often intended to stop people from smoking, Biden has ulterior motives: He needs the money to fund his ambitious $3.5 trillion spending proposal. But increasing tax revenue like this amounts to nothing less than extortion of the middle and lower classes. It must be rejected.
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