And just the other day, Maine lawmakers are wondering where "all the cigarette tax dollars went!"
They sure can't have both.
Adults should have their own choice to be responsible on their own and not make it a fist pounding pay your fine rule!
Posted on 10/05/2007 6:07:20 AM PDT by SheLion
And just the other day, Maine lawmakers are wondering where "all the cigarette tax dollars went!"
They sure can't have both.
Adults should have their own choice to be responsible on their own and not make it a fist pounding pay your fine rule!
A "phony smoker"?
nanny state micromanagement.
first the car. then the home
then comes jack booted home inspections from anonomyous tips. criminalizing parents. removal of children to foster care under state supervision.
see where this could go??
totally harmless right????
Has any legislator, anywhere in America, said that if you smoke, you will go right to Hell when you die?
But then, most legislators probably don’t believe in God anymore.
Oh well.
Wait until they get smoking all wrapped up and then realize that smoke from the wood stove or fireplace is next in line as a lung hazard. That’ll go over big during winter up there.
What is strange about Maine allowing the Nanny mentality is the citizens perception of socialism. If you have a talk with some of the Dems up here they are all about Government taking care of you. If you mention that Maine is turning into a Socialist state they bristle and state “not as long as I’m breathing!”. It’s just like they are buying a car without looking under the hood.
What a dope!
Parents are responsible for their kid’s health and will be accountable if they light up in the car.
Then again, other people, not parents, are responsible for kid’s health, and government will rob taxpayers at gunpoint to pay for child health care.
Liberals are not just insane, they’re evil.
They can’t have it both ways. Either people are free to smoke as they see fit or the state has to give up the tax revenue. To bad so sad!
The Nazis would have been so good.
"Kids will learn about it in school," he said, "and will speak up if someone lights up in the car."I hate smoking (lost my Dad to it), but these laws are out of control.
Step 1 for totalitarians: Any Big Lie will work as long as the phrase "the children" is connected to it.
At the start of WWI, The Czar banned all vodka drinking. "Hey, we gotta get serious, this is a war!"
Unfortunately 80% of the Czarist's Government's revenues were derived from ... you guessed it ... the taxes on Vodka.
The rest is history.
If "the children" exceed government-mandated weight parameters, you and they will be turned away at the door.
The parent will be required to undergo weight-sensitivity training and "the children" will thereafter be allowed to live with the parent on a probationary status only.
Unannounced food inspection visits to the homes of apostates will of course be part of the re-training process and will occur at any time, legally.
Eventually, the government will require that any adult planning on propagating be licensed by the state.
We have elected into office total power hungry control freaks!
If this were to pass in my locale, I’d buy a baby car seat, put a doll in it, and one of those “baby on board” signs. Then I’d drive around smoking just begging for them to waste their time and effort to pull this single and childless FReeper over.
I could imagine some very interesting conversations with the revenuers.....
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