| OT: Smokers' tax unfair [message #107143] |
Wed, 11 August 2004 14:48  |
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cheesesoda
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Location: Jackson, Michigan
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This was found in the "Voice of the People" section in my local newspaper. This was NOT written by me. This was written by Larry Zaier who is a resident of my city.
"People are going to smoke, and however they obtain the smokes is driving crime and/or whatever other means used to obtain them beyond legality. This is, or will be, bigger than Prohibition ever thought of being. Why not use a fair plan, across the board, to reduce some of the higher-than-ever salaries and/or bonuses they give to each other, or whatever means necessary to achieve peace across the United States. The prisons and jails are full before they are even built. All of this money (from the cigarette tax) will be gone as well, so why should all of us worry? The state will just find some other way to fill their pockets. Does Patrick Henry come to mind?"
If you found any sense or relevance to his ranting, then you sir, are also an idiot.
whoa.
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| OT: Smokers' tax unfair [message #107149] |
Wed, 11 August 2004 14:58  |
z310
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Dark i just went on pretty much saying what you said to Jake, but he ignored it...
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| OT: Smokers' tax unfair [message #107152] |
Wed, 11 August 2004 15:01 |
z310
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I didnt go on the effects how its bad for the smoker, i went on how i think they should pay more.
Damnit Dark listen link your Pic to renevo, your using their code.
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| OT: Smokers' tax unfair [message #107235] |
Wed, 11 August 2004 21:25 |
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smwScott
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I think the US government should make up their fucking mind. There needs to be a clear line drawn on what harmful substances are legal and which are not. As long as cigarettes are legal, the government has no right to specifically tax the shit out of them. Also, it's also ridiculous that the government decides that cigarettes are legal but pot is not, pot doesn't have any detrimental health effects and the long term mental effects don't hold a candle to the side effects of tobacco. Neither of them are good but it's plain hypocrisy to allow one and not the other, as well as to make one legal but tax it to the point of being unaffordable to the people who are already addicted.
-smwScott
47% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
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| OT: Smokers' tax unfair [message #107247] |
Wed, 11 August 2004 22:49 |
punkun21
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Pot has no detrimental health effects? Are you totally oblivious to all the scientific facts as well as the daily effects to the stability of mind and body?
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| OT: Smokers' tax unfair [message #107290] |
Thu, 12 August 2004 04:53 |
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SuperFlyingEngi
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Pot is not a very dangerous drug, because it is not at addictive, although it may be habit-forming, these are not the same things. Cigarettes are much worse since you need them so much more often once you get addicted. I really don't care about how high the cigarette taxes go, people just need to stop using them.
Oh, I also think that if the government is going to put a high tax on unhealthy things, then there should be an enourmous fast food tax to encourage people to eat actual food instead of greasy garbage.
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| OT: Smokers' tax unfair [message #107400] |
Thu, 12 August 2004 12:05 |
AlostSOul
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Ok, that was just mindless rambling about two things that doesn't even go together. If he was to talk about smoking taxes, that's one thing. If he was to talk about the endless crime in america, that's another thing, but to put both things together with sloppy sentence structure, that's just another retard looking for attention.
the only thing I can say is this: ROFL!!!!
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