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Originally Posted by dc_dux
ace...there are more than 500,000 people with a Washington DC zip code who have NO voting representation in Congress at all.....so we are paying for every federal program without having a voice.
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Yes, I know. It is unfair. Our government should not have a segregated group of citizens based on where they live denied full participation in our representative democracy. The majority in the rest of the country has no incentive to act to correct the situation. Our apathy says it is your problem, just move.
I also think it is unfair to excessively tax smokers. Our government should not have a segregated group of citizens based on a habit or behavior arbitrarily paying for services to others. I accept taxation based on increased government/society costs due to a habit or behavior. Taxes for special services should be based on general taxation policies using a common objective standard of taxation equally applied to all. Otherwise the majority not affected by the tax has no incentive for fairness. Our apathy says it is the smokers' problem, just quit.