Re: Smoking

richard wrote:
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:46:46 -0000, Rocky5 wrote:

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Subject: Smoking
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Any of you so called drivers that smoke are just plain fucking
stupid. Besides, you cannot be a real "gashauler" if you do.
Grow up and stop killing yourself you stupid pieces of ***.

So tell me mister high and mighty, just how much booze do you swallow
daily? All 50 states, canada, and mexico have laws about driving while
under the influence of alcohol. While none of them have any laws regarding
smoking while driving. I said states, not cities.
As you know, Iowa tacked on a $1 a pack tax, which is highly illegal, and
yet will do nothing to crack down on the number of drunk drivers in that
state. Heaven forbid any state should tack on a tax to beer and liquor.

Did you know us smokers pay double taxes for the privilege? There's a
little sticker on each pack that says "tax paid", while at the time of
sales, the states collect sales tax once again. Do beer drinkers do the
same?

Then, purely to make more money, retailers tack on another buck.Which is
one reason why I refuse to buy smokes in Iowa. Think of all that revenue
the state is losing because us smokers have to two bucks for the privilege.

Would you pay 2 bucks more for a bottle of booze? How about for gas?

So tell me mister high and mighty, just how many deaths have been recorded
as being directly related to smoking while driving? Post the proof or shut
the *** up.

I don't know about other states but in North Carolina you pay sales tax on beer and wine just like anything else, and this is on top of the tax already built into the price. As I recall you don't pay sales tax in the state liquor stores but there is a fat tax built into the price of the booze.

NO government is going to let such a potentially lucrative get by.

Jeff DeWitt
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