Well, yes, we are talking about _American_ taxes on cigarettes - are we not?<p>&gt; If you assume everyone mismanages funds, you don&#x27;t give them enough funds to really deliver value on<p>Why on Earth would you assume that? I don&#x27;t give anybody tax money. Considering how much god damned money my country spends murdering innocent civilians in the MENA region, I&#x27;d say you&#x27;re looking at it backwards.<p>&gt; The rest of the world has relatively well functioning governments<p>I&#x27;ve passed through nearly four dozen embassies in my day, and never have I met a &quot;well-functioning&quot; government throughout that broad experience. I think you&#x27;re full of shit, and are just recycling old &quot;isms&quot; that don&#x27;t apply to the modern world.