CBBB wrote:Smokers more than pay for their medical bills with the exorbitant taxes they pay for the privilege of smoking.
If governments (not the no smoking fascists) don't want us to smoke, they would make it a controlled substance, but they can't afford to!
RichardB wrote:CBBB wrote:Smokers more than pay for their medical bills with the exorbitant taxes they pay for the privilege of smoking.
If governments (not the no smoking fascists) don't want us to smoke, they would make it a controlled substance, but they can't afford to!
Exactly CBBB I agree 100%
Ciggarettes, Alchohol, Driving all suposedly dangerous yet the Govt do not put a ban on them ...Why?? Because the loss of tax applied to these areas would increase income tax to a point where it would not be worth the average man working ...Govts get more money from tobbaco, alchohol and fuel than from any other taxes.
If (in the case of the UK and I would imagine any other EU country) the Govt gave the income from tobbaco alone to health care it would double its expenditure in that area overnight.
Thats my rant over ...just finishing my bottle of metaxas (only 5 star tonight) and my cig and I'm off to bed
Oracle wrote:RichardB wrote:CBBB wrote:Smokers more than pay for their medical bills with the exorbitant taxes they pay for the privilege of smoking.
If governments (not the no smoking fascists) don't want us to smoke, they would make it a controlled substance, but they can't afford to!
Exactly CBBB I agree 100%
Ciggarettes, Alchohol, Driving all suposedly dangerous yet the Govt do not put a ban on them ...Why?? Because the loss of tax applied to these areas would increase income tax to a point where it would not be worth the average man working ...Govts get more money from tobbaco, alchohol and fuel than from any other taxes.
If (in the case of the UK and I would imagine any other EU country) the Govt gave the income from tobbaco alone to health care it would double its expenditure in that area overnight.
Thats my rant over ...just finishing my bottle of metaxas (only 5 star tonight) and my cig and I'm off to bed
But, really, after all that brandy, you should take an unnecessary fast drive round the block in a gas-guzzler before you retire ...
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