Get ready for $11 a pack cigarettes

[Chicago_CTA]

Good job, NYC! Smoking (cigarettes) has NO BENEFIT and costs society billions in health claims. Plus it smells terrible.

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I'd like to see a new SIN TAX (probably the only tax I'll ever favor) on MEAT of all kinds: Chicken, beef, duck, pork, etc.

People are crowing about the apocalypse in the gulf but don't understand how DEVASTATING raising (gentle, innocent) animals for food is, especially when done in an industrial capacity.

Let's see people change their behaviour.

Wasn't it Tolstoy who wrote we will ENDURE WARS so long as there are SLAUGHTERHOUSES?

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Say goodbye to smoking cigarettes and goodbye to eating meat. You'll never feel better about your life or your conduct.

Trust me.

 

[377OHMS]

Quote from Chicago_CTA:

Good job, NYC! Smoking (cigarettes) has NO BENEFIT and costs society billions in health claims. Plus it smells terrible.

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I'd like to see a new SIN TAX (probably the only tax I'll ever favor) on MEAT of all kinds: Chicken, beef, duck, pork, etc.

People are crowing about the apocalypse in the gulf but don't understand how DEVASTATING raising (gentle, innocent) animals for food is, especially when done in an industrial capacity.

Let's see people change their behaviour.

Wasn't it Tolstoy who wrote we will ENDURE WARS so long as there are SLAUGHTERHOUSES?

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Say goodbye to smoking cigarettes and goodbye to eating meat. You'll never feel better about your life or your conduct.

Trust me.

Oh what a surprise, some twat from Chicagoland trying to push his lifestyle on others.

No pal, I don't trust you. Every nut with an agenda wants to see the rest of us undergo "behavior modification".

Do us a favor and fuck off.

 

[rc8222]

Quote from 377OHMS:

Oh what a surprise, some twat from Chicagoland trying to push his lifestyle on others.

No pal, I don't trust you. Every nut with an agenda wants to see the rest of us undergo "behavior modification".

Do us a favor and fuck off.

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!

 

[pookie]

Quote from Chicago_CTA:

Good job, NYC! Smoking (cigarettes) has NO BENEFIT and costs society billions in health claims. Plus it smells terrible.

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I'd like to see a new SIN TAX (probably the only tax I'll ever favor) on MEAT of all kinds: Chicken, beef, duck, pork, etc.

People are crowing about the apocalypse in the gulf but don't understand how DEVASTATING raising (gentle, innocent) animals for food is, especially when done in an industrial capacity.

Let's see people change their behaviour.

Wasn't it Tolstoy who wrote we will ENDURE WARS so long as there are SLAUGHTERHOUSES?

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Say goodbye to smoking cigarettes and goodbye to eating meat. You'll never feel better about your life or your conduct.

Trust me.

I think there should be a tax on people who want to force other people to believe what they believe or punish them for not doing so.

 

[cstfx]

Quote from Chicago_CTA:

Good job, NYC! Smoking (cigarettes) has NO BENEFIT and costs society billions in health claims. Plus it smells terrible.

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I'd like to see a new SIN TAX (probably the only tax I'll ever favor) on MEAT of all kinds: Chicken, beef, duck, pork, etc.

People are crowing about the apocalypse in the gulf but don't understand how DEVASTATING raising (gentle, innocent) animals for food is, especially when done in an industrial capacity.

Let's see people change their behaviour.

Wasn't it Tolstoy who wrote we will ENDURE WARS so long as there are SLAUGHTERHOUSES?

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Say goodbye to smoking cigarettes and goodbye to eating meat. You'll never feel better about your life or your conduct.

Trust me.

Thank God there are others in Chicago who DON'T share your sentiment:

http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/chicago-overturns-foie-gras-ban/

 

[Gabfly1]

Quote from pookie:

I think there should be a tax on people who want to force other people to believe what they believe or punish them for not doing so.

Great idea. Why don't you start with the bible and those who proclaim your country to be a christian nation?

 

[TheMan]

Quote from Chicago_CTA:

Good job, NYC! Smoking (cigarettes) has NO BENEFIT and costs society billions in health claims. Plus it smells terrible.

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I'd like to see a new SIN TAX (probably the only tax I'll ever favor) on MEAT of all kinds: Chicken, beef, duck, pork, etc.

People are crowing about the apocalypse in the gulf but don't understand how DEVASTATING raising (gentle, innocent) animals for food is, especially when done in an industrial capacity.

Let's see people change their behaviour.

Wasn't it Tolstoy who wrote we will ENDURE WARS so long as there are SLAUGHTERHOUSES?

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Say goodbye to smoking cigarettes and goodbye to eating meat. You'll never feel better about your life or your conduct.

Trust me.

a sin tax on meat?

give me a fucking break

that is about as absurd as Osama's presidency

maybe you should email Pelosi, and tell her about your idea. Then, you guys can brainstorm on other ways to tax the American people.

unreal

 

[Petsamo]

Quote from Kassz007:

Taxation is the best means for the government to control what its citizens do ...

But what if the government suddenly didn't think watching TV was good for you anymore? They tax the hell out of it and people stop doing it.

Taxation is used to rob Peter to pay Paul, redistribute wealth.

TV is used to spread Marxist propaganda. They will never tax it.

 

[Kassz007]

Quote from Petsamo:

Taxation is used to rob Peter to pay Paul, redistribute wealth.

TV is used to spread Marxist propaganda. They will never tax it.

Redistribute wealth in order to control a population's behaviour.

The TV thing was just a random example. Insert any other activity in there.

 

[Ivanovich]

Quote from cstfx:

Automobiles.

Tax the shit out of them. After all we are talking about something that cannot not only kill the person using it recklessly, it has been quite common for autos to kill innocent bystanders when a driver either loses control or drives drunk, people who want nothing to do with it but just happen to be in the vicinity.

No. Sorry. Nice try, though.

I could easily use this type of example with ANYTHING on the planet. Shovels. What if someone gets drunk and goes on a rampage with a shovel and kills someone? Get rid of shovels!

The car example is someone not using something properly or abusing it to make it into something harmful. Cigarettes are harmful when used normally.