Re:OT: Proposed Tobacco Tax

[Guest guest]

That’s right, we should tax every business that participates

in activities that aren’t healthy or aren’t good for the

environment. We should tax gun smiths because guns kill people, we should tax

drug companies because drugs can kill or make people unhealthy, we should tax

garbage companies because they fill the land fills, we should tax people who

breath out CO2 (a pollutant) because they contribute “global warming”,

we should raise taxes on people who drive gas cars, we should tax ammunition

producers because bullets kill people, we should raise taxes on power companies

because the damns kill Salmon, we should tax alcohol producers because of

alcoholism and abuse, we should tax pornography because it leads to attachment

disorders, abuse, and violence.

Lets think about what else we can tax. Farms that raise animals

because they produce methane (another “green house” gas), people

who fart because they produce methane, telemarketers because they increase

stress and blood pressure, commercial fishermen because they cause problems for

marine life, the state of Washington because Mt. Saint Helens produces CO2,

loggers because they kill trees which keep global warming at bay, condom

companies because people can get sexually transmitted infections even when

using a condom, plastic manufactures because plastic fills landfills, restaurants

because they use unhealthy fats in their food, sugar companies because they

make people fat.

Surely we can tax our way out of every problem that ails

society or maybe we should educate ourselves as to why the United States of America

is the greatest nation in the world. The later would be my recommendation.

The constitution is a great place to start reading, then try

The Federalist Papers, and for simple explanations of the proceeding try The Making

of America: The Substance and Meaning of the Constitution by Skousen. Another

great one is The Wealth of Nations by Adam .

Lets conquer ignorance together,

Nuttall