04-28-2009, 11:26 PM
BigE Wrote:Funny, I seem to recall taxes being levied on cigarettes in the past with similar benefits given. People do not quit smoking because it is too expensive, they will just cut back on other things to feed the habit (you know, silly things like healthy food, rent, etc.). Raising the taxes on tobacco and soda will end up having the opposite effect, making the companies richer and the people poorer and even less healthy, thus raising the costs of healthcare.
Making tobacco completely illegal will just prompt smokers (and alternative-income entrepreneurs) to grow and sell their own. They tried to do this with alcohol in 1919... look what happened.
As to the morality of it: don't rape, don't murder, don't take that which doesn't belong to you... aside from that, give the people the option and let them make their own decisions. Keep your idea of morality out of my face, and I'll keep my fist out of yours. Deal? Good. Now let's go have a smoke!
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Fricken awesome! Replace "fist" with "gun" and this line is perfect! I will smoke with you anytime!