Alx_Casket said

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Burnsy said	[orig][quote]
Speaking of where the tax dollars go, the war is obviously a huge amount but that's on a federal level. On a state level, we have over-inflated tax-free pensions for staties and EBT cards for people who use them to buy booze and cigarettes.

FYI, EBT cards cannot be used to buy non-food items like liquor, cigarettes, vitamins or medicines, pet foods, soap, cosmetics, laundry products, paper goods, or other household products. Food products/ingredients only.

The alcohol tax funded programs for the treatment/prevention of alcohol/substance abuse. MA is already one of the higher states in terms of alcohol/substance abuse so now there will be a lot less funding for these types of programs. A lot of states have sales tax in addition to excise tax on alcohol, but whatever.