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pan6467 · 11-06-2006, 07:23 AM

My views are this.... I pay more in life insurance than non-smokers, I pay more taxes than non-smokers in my tax bracket, because of my "nasty habit" and the others like me cities are able to have "sin taxes" that tax me even more to build stadiums and public arenas that they tell me I can't enter if I partake of the very habit/addiction that they used for money to build these things.

I also truly believe that it is not the government's place to dictate to me what nor where I can partake. It is up to the owner. Once you have government dictating where a person can smoke, they will find new things to start regulating in the name "of others good health".

What happens when all the smokers stop smoking or buying their cigarettes tax free on the black market?

You want to bankrupt a government fast? Get everyone who smokes to stop buying cigarettes through normal channels for one month. 1 month of no tax revenue from smokers and the system will crumble.

Then what are you self-righteous people going to want to tax to make up for that revenue?

Smoking is bad, but it is not up to the government to dictate to privately owned places who they can or cannot serve. As the public we have the right to shop and patronize where and what we choose to.

If the owner finds his clientele doesn't want smokers he'll go non-smoking. If an owner finds his clientele wants to smoke he'll have smoking and if the owner sees it is a split clientele he'll work out ways to appease both.

IT IS NOT GOVERNMENT'S BUSINESS TO DICTATE..... ESPECIALLY WHEN THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT THOSE TAXES.

11-06-2006, 07:23 AM	#44 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	My views are this.... I pay more in life insurance than non-smokers, I pay more taxes than non-smokers in my tax bracket, because of my "nasty habit" and the others like me cities are able to have "sin taxes" that tax me even more to build stadiums and public arenas that they tell me I can't enter if I partake of the very habit/addiction that they used for money to build these things. I also truly believe that it is not the government's place to dictate to me what nor where I can partake. It is up to the owner. Once you have government dictating where a person can smoke, they will find new things to start regulating in the name "of others good health". What happens when all the smokers stop smoking or buying their cigarettes tax free on the black market? You want to bankrupt a government fast? Get everyone who smokes to stop buying cigarettes through normal channels for one month. 1 month of no tax revenue from smokers and the system will crumble. Then what are you self-righteous people going to want to tax to make up for that revenue? Smoking is bad, but it is not up to the government to dictate to privately owned places who they can or cannot serve. As the public we have the right to shop and patronize where and what we choose to. If the owner finds his clientele doesn't want smokers he'll go non-smoking. If an owner finds his clientele wants to smoke he'll have smoking and if the owner sees it is a split clientele he'll work out ways to appease both. IT IS NOT GOVERNMENT'S BUSINESS TO DICTATE..... ESPECIALLY WHEN THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT THOSE TAXES. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"