Jimmy Moore at Common Voice raises some interesting points concerning the debate over the cigarette tax, and I suppose yesterday's action by the alleged Republican leadership meets his definition of "creative revenue-generating ideas." But some of this crap still sticks in my craw.

Mossback Democrat Herb Kirsh laments the fact that retailers in his area will be hurt by those going across state lines to buy cheaper cigarettes - where was this concern for retailers and their employees when the issue was shutting down video poker? The Employment Security Commission says that of the approximately 3,000 workers left unemployed when the anti-gambling jihad took hold, just 212 have found work since.