Posted on 03/18/2012 6:01:05 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I believe they only name a type of machine, no specific brand. There was another article about this, but I don’t remember if it was here or not.
It all boils down to what PM wants PM gets. They’ve been getting tobacco shops with these machines - or at least the machines- shut down everywhere they can find them.
It’s good to see you as well. I read/lurk a fair amount, but don’t post nearly as much as I used to do.
Oh, I am with you. I routinely walk through the grocery store with an UNLIT cigarette just to clear the fat chicks out of the candy aisle.
I would surely do that, but for some reason, I have not drawn a permit in the last several years (supposedly on a lottery basis). The reason might be that the in-state resident permit costs tens of dollars and the out-of-state non-resident permit costs hundreds of dollars. Plus they make the out-of-state hunters hire an outfitter and I am my own outfitter. So, there you have it.
Phillip Morris’ concerns are misplaced. They have made a strategic decision that it is easier to manipulate the U. S. Congress to act against these niche entrepreneurs than it is to persuade the U.S. Congress to repeal what they have already done and get out of the nanny-state business altogther. Truly an unholy alliance and one that demonstrates that we the people have allowed the various governments to seize way too much power.
No, my dear FRiend, you are underestimating the goal of PM - which is to control, through government fiat, the tobacco industry in all of its form.
PM welcomes the nanny-state with open arms. PM knows they are safe as long as they go along with anything any level of government desires - they put up token resistance, but that is just for show. They know as long as they eventually appear to be caving they will continue to exist and be the de facto tobacco monopoly.
Or as TGO would describe what both of you are saying, this is CRAPITALISM! Crony Capitalism, which is just as offensive to individual liberty as marxism...
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