Posted on 10/01/2002 6:19:47 AM PDT by SheLion
The war on the smokers is all about Big Bucks. The Tobacco Settlement is being paid 100% by the smokers who pay taxes on cigarettes. Not the government and not Big Tobacco. The smokers pay this.
The Tobacco Settlement being paid into the states was supposed to pay for any sick uninsured smoker (welfare) should there be any, and for education about smoking. However, as I am sure you have heard, the money is so huge, that the state governments jumped on it to balance the budgets! The weight of the state is being carried on the backs of 1 out of 4 people who choose to smoke a legal commodity.
Then, you have the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, working with the American Medical Association. They have a HUGE war on smokers. Currently, 44 states are in the pocket of the RWJ Foundation. The higher the taxes, the more control, bans and restrictions put upon the smoker, the bigger the grant money the state will receive.
Here is a few cartoons that explain it perfectly:
The don't ask that when you're just visiting. Sounds like you aren't as healthy as you'd like us to believe....
they sigh and roll their eyes
Are we overly sensitive? Sighs and rolling eyes is "verbal abuse" now?
Oh yes! Big Pharm WANTS to be the big winner! They WANT people to quit smoking so they can sell them their high priced "quit smoking aides."
(The reason the Government is working to get us all to quit smoking, is so Big Pharm can get our money for quit smoking aides!)
Not that I have to explain anything to YOU, but my husband is going for knee surgery. We have to make trips to the hospital for pre-surgery testing. Anything wrong with that?
There is that bulls... again, where and when is it going to stop.
Yeah, then all the EXTRA money we pay, can go to everybody else, which it already does. :-}
If the shoe fits.
Probably because they're a bunch of stupid sheep!
Isn't this outrageous??!! Why don't they have a FAT FEE. Seems about right to ME!
Or......they never thought that some news person would have this published for all the world to see. LOL!
Now we ALL know what sheep they are. /sarcasm off
That's outrageous! We all know the DemocRATS are stupid, but this is even above THEIR doings!
They are really killing off the goose that lays the golden eggs. People aren't going to stop smoking, but people WILL go elsewhere to buy cigarettes from places that are within reason! SHOP CHEAP IT'S YOUR CIVIC DUTY.
More smokers are learning every day that they do NOT have to pay into the state coffers in order to enjoy their relaxation. With the Internet, knowledge is power, and I really wish all the smokers in the U.S. would come online and find the better alternative.
Surely, the DemocRATS realize that no one would buy cigarettes paying that outrageous tax. Why don't they up the tax on BOOZE? Alcohol is killing people off like flies, I hear.
I didn't fall for anything. But even "I" know the DemocRATS aren't THAT dumb. heh!
You just never know who is coming in here, and they might believe what they post, so I am here to dubunk. How's that?
Never mind.
;O)
I sure do like your screen name! Hope hubby's surgery goes/went okay.
NAAAAAAHHH - she's probably enjoy it too much!!!!! (j/k she)
:)
I have to sweep the bones out of my cave every morning. LOL!
Hubby goes on the 10th of this month for knee surgery. OUCH! I, too, hope it goes well. Can't be much worse then it is now. Thank you so much!!!
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