Virginia tobacco farmers are footing the bill for foreign competitors. This needs to end.

Virginia tobacco farmers are footing the bill for foreign competitors. This needs to end.

Virginia was once considered the largest and richest of the original 13 colonies, in part thanks to its flourishing tobacco farms. But the double drawback tax loophole, which foreign tobacco companies exploit to receive U.S. tax refunds, puts the entire American tobacco industry at risk. And while President Trump tried to end this loophole, the courts determined it was Congress who must be the ones to close it for good. Now, with the House of Re…