Why only last week Demoncrat, Charlie Rangel of NY was up in arms at the new cigarette tax because it was unfair to the poor blacks who are "addicted" to nicotine.
Is it possible for a socio-economic group to be doubly victimized? (/sarcasm)
Posted on 07/11/2002 11:02:57 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen
Banning tobacco, although it's wrongfully intrusive, would at least have ONE good effect: a reduction in the incidence of several diseases. But attacking dietary fat won't do any good at all -- It's now been established beyond all question, that obesity, and the secondary complications of obesity such as heart disease, diabetes, etc, are triggered by the body's reaction to carbohydrates -- NOT FAT. I repeat, eating fat doesn't make people fat -- excess carbohydrates (sugar, starch), when combined with a genetic susceptibility, makes people fat.
The anti-fat, anti-meat crusaders don't want to hear this. They'll argue til they're blue in the face, and they'll never consider the evidence, because their real motive is NOT our health, but serving a vegetarian ideological agenda. (Anti-smoking crusaders probably aren't motivated by health, either. But at least their advice is medically right.)
Why only last week Demoncrat, Charlie Rangel of NY was up in arms at the new cigarette tax because it was unfair to the poor blacks who are "addicted" to nicotine.
Is it possible for a socio-economic group to be doubly victimized? (/sarcasm)
You're right that they don't care about people's health. But I think their true agenda is to get the tax revenue so they can finance all their leftist, social-engineering programs (animal rights, global warming and especially ... income redistribution).
WAA! The poor 'ole poor people routine!
Why doesn't someone do a study on the percentage of obese people on welfare??
Make 'em weigh in, and if they're overweight, cut back on their food stamp allotment.
How many lives would be saved if the Government banned sex for homosexuals and intraveneous drug users....or at least put a high enough tax to force them to stop those dangerous activities?
"I got spicy chicken, bacon cheeseburgers, trip whoppers wid da works. Name your poison." Sirens blare as a police unit screams to a halt in front of the illegal deal going down.
"Hello Meat Wagon," says the pot bellied LEO."Looks like I'm going to have to run you in."
"No sir, officer. I saved this just for you. Fresh this morning." says the dealer.
He hands the officer a Bavarian Creme and two bleberry cheese danish.
Growing tobacco is only possible in certain areas, growing beef cattle is more widespread. The nut cases couldn't get rid of cheeseburgers if they wanted to. And for the rest of my natural life, I expect my generation, and my children and grandchildren's generations to not allow them to. That's a good enough reason to take your grandkids to McDonalds as often as possible!
Whatever the power of taxation was intended for (we have no way of knowing that, certainly the Founding Fathers were familiar with a tax on tea), it has evolved into other things. The tax I pay on gasoline is a fair remuneration for building the roads I drive on. The tax I pay on my house is used in part to pay for fire protection in my city, and if I have a bigger house with a higher tax, to the extent that the fire protection part of the tax is bigger, its because I have the city protecting a more valuable asset of mine. The tax I pay on a six pack of beer is probably meant to deter me from drinking it, but it doesn't seem too effective. It does force me to give up some other thing in my life, in order to have the beer, so it might be having an effect, let me think about that over my next quaff.
The Founding Fathers have plenty more things to "go gyroscope" over than social engineering taxes that were voted on by representatives of the people. Supreme Court sanctioned free and easy abortion might possibly be one of them.
Wouldn't that be The McCrib?
Doesn't this quote essentially say the exact same thing?
ALL TIME CHILLING QUOTE OF THE DAY :
The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism,
but under the name of Liberalism
they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist Program
until one day America will be a Socialist Nation
without ever knowing how it happened----
Now, who on earth do you think would have audacity to say this publicly?
Norman Thomas, six-time Socialist Party presidential candidate
and one of the founders of the ACLU.That's Who!!!
I care about my health. That's why I'm only eating burger made of pure Soylent Green(TM).
It's people ya know.
And an Anchor Steam to wash it down? You're on! Next wine trip to Napa that the wife and I go on!
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