. >> it was like 57% of cigarette used in new york state were broughbroughtin illegally or and way, becauserk has a high cigarette tax. john: so a new form of organizeed crime. >> or a lifeline for old organizeed crime. >> i think this most americans like the idea of our officials manipulating us in a good way, for a while we had luxury tax. another form of sin tax, on private planes, and cars, valueed over dollar $30,000, bor $100,000, that seems fair? >> you know, this nothing under scores more clearly how sin taxes are symbolic skwraoeftures they are big -- gestures they are big taxing during recession, you are look to scapegoat someone in early '90s people saidly go after luxury yachts, you know let's screw them by taxing them on that, it reduces the demand for yachts, people who make yachts are not billionaires, a lot of people were thrown out of business. john: it was repealed. >> yes, but this inpulse to say certain things are wrong in colonial america you could taxed for dressing heavily above your station if you wore fancy ribbons or leather boots, this is -- you know, i am go to s