100 Billion plus in tax money!!!

[MuscleScience]

I just found out a startling fact today. Tobacco tax revenue is over a 100 billion per year. No wonder the government will never outlaw it.

If roids could bring in that much tax money you bet your ace it would be legal.

[Dangercat00]

Whats surprising is the amount of places that smoking has become illegal.

[Kratos]

They want to put a "heath" tax on soda, imagine what that will bring.

[Kratos]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYGsZxw64KQ

[SMCengineer]

Whats surprising is the amount of places that smoking has become illegal.

You mean like restaurants or in public areas?

[bigt10]

Tax, tax, tax, tax and more taxes.

i would like to spend my own money on what i want.

Soda tax this is ridicoulous, i dont drink it and nor do i smoke cigarettes but that isnt the point.

Wasteful Spending has gotten out of hand and the government is wasting our money.

Every other candidate except ron paul will keep spending us into debt and yet know one wants to vote for him??

[Dizz28]

Whats surprising is the amount of places that smoking has become illegal.

Not very suprising, people don't want to get sick and die because of someone else's vices.

Tobacco and Alcohol are too profitable to outlaw... And I really don't think they want to try prohabition again, I'd like to think they learned a lesson from that..? Prohabition was the start of organized crime, gangs and todays drug runners.

[SMCengineer]

Not very suprising, people don't want to get sick and die because of someone else's vices.

Well, that's for business to decide if they want to allow people to smoke in there building or not. If a bar or restaurant allows smokers and they loose business because of it than they will change their rules or go out of business. It's a relationship between the business and the customers. This is not an area where the government should intervine.

Tobacco and Alcohol are too profitable to outlaw... And I really don't think they want to try prohabition again, I'd like to think they learned a lesson from that..? Prohabition was the start of organized crime, gangs and todays drug runners.

You would think they learned their lesson, but compare the "war on drugs" as the modern day prohibition. We are seeing the same outcome from the "war on drugs" as we've seen from prohibition.

[Panzerfaust]

Isn't it funny how the gov't tells you which drugs are ok and which are not? hahaha

[bigt10]

Im sick of this, it should be up to the store or not wether they want smoking.

People dont think, if the gov stopped spending so much and just did what was necessary we would have more money.

I think its up to stores/chains/owners to make their own laws.

the market will decide what they should do. maybee if they have 100 % smoking no one will go there, maybee they will need a smoking section, maybee ban it. It isnt the government decision.

I can understand banning smoking in schools, etc and government property but restraunts, etc isnt their choice.