However, in recent years, Reiner, Hastings and other "do-gooders" have seized upon the initiative process as a way to fund their pet causes. In 1998, Reiner succeeded in placing on the ballot the Californian Children and Families Act, Proposition 10, which raised taxes on tobacco products to fund child development programs. Since smokers now enjoy the status that lepers held in the Middle Ages, the measure passed. ROBBER REINER'S LIES
AND HOLLYWOOD MONEY
WON AGAIN!
(Talk about Big Fat!)
Situational ethics?When Reiner put River Phoenix in his movie, Stand By Me, and had him
smoke throughout, Phoenix was only 14 years old. Guess it's okay to
have kids smoke when it's for Reiner's benefit.