Course considering how greedy the government is getting for more and more tax money from us, they'll probably start encouraging more and more people to smoke ("uh, we were wrong about cigarettes causing cancer"). And then increase the cigarette tax.
Shoot, they may even let TV show cigarette commercials again.
Y'all know I'm making fun, but nothing the government will do anymore surprises me.
From news reports-—
“Stocks rose more than 1 percent on Thursday as a stronger-than-expected profit from technology bellwether IBM (NYSE:IBM - News) suggested that the credit crunch is not stifling all business spending.”
Why would IBM profit suggest that?