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Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @02:18PM (#29004087)
Cost increases to whom? Society or the individual? If a person is living longer and healthier then isn't their income and economic contribution higher as well? This does not even mention retirement. This seems like an extremely narrow stat to draw conclusions from.
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Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by i_am_proteus on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:02PM (#29004754)
>Cost increases to whom?

I provided a link to the article so that interested people could read it. It's all laid out quite nicely: health care costs.

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