Posted on 06/27/2006 11:34:51 PM PDT by at bay
You are correct, this is a money maker for all concerned, including the tobacco companies.
I really get an @ssfull of the holier-than-thou types like my doctor who says smoking "bothers" him.......I replied that listening to spanish spoken in the clinic "bothers" me.....but I sure as h*ll don't see anyone trying to outlaw that!
"Nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke at home or work... The report says the only way to protect nonsmokers from the dangerous chemicals in secondhand smoke is to eliminate smoking indoors."
They are coming to a home near you soon.
Just more hoodoo voodoo from your tax engorged Government.
Yep. All homes must now be "monitored" to make sure you aren't smoking around your kids. After all, "it's for the children...."
And taxes. Or course...
Question, why do we need a Surgeon General???
We certainly don't need him/her today. But what the heck, we taxpayers pour so much money into DC they just gotta find a way to spend it. Here is how it began:
"In 1871, Woodworth was appointed the first Supervising Surgeon of the Marine Hospital Service. The Service had its origins in a 1798 Act of Congress "for the relief of sick and disabled seamen." The 1798 law created a fund to be used by the Federal Government to provide medical services to merchant seamen in American ports. The marine hospital fund was administered by the Treasury Department and financed through a monthly deduction from the wages of the seamen."
This is a perfect example of how incrementalism works.
ping!
He is the head of the Public Health Service
Ask yourself this - can you name all 7 uniformed services?
Yup - Health services and the NOAA Commissioned Corps are the two missed most often.
Or better yet...how did George Burns live to be 100 when he smoked cigars all the time?
First they came for the smokers. I didn't say anything because I wasn't a smoker.
Next they came for the beer drinkers. I didn't say anything because I didn't drink beer.
Then they came for the junk food eaters. I didn't say anything because I don't eat junk food.
Then they came for the meat eaters. I didn't say anything because I'm a vegetarian.
Finally then came for me, and there was nobody left to defend me.
Heaven help us if Ingrid Newkirk or Michael Jacobson becomes President of the United States in the future. "Taxpayer-subsidized tofurkeys in every pot" would be their campaign slogan.
I'm sure meat eaters are the next target.
"Forced veganism. It's for the children."
If Hillary pushed for forced veganism, she would say "We are going to force veganism on behalf of the common good". (more like the communist good).
All homes will be forced to have security cameras in every room in every corner. All homes will also be forced to pay a "surveillance tax". After all, "it's for the kids" and "it's for the common good".
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