''Nearly half of the public supports an increase. That's not bad, but we have more work to do,'' Marshall said. Altair! It IS evil! When 75% of Americans want and expect 25% of their "brothers" to carry the load of the state, what does this tell us? Sure! It's easy for the non-smoker to dump the load on the smoker. It sure as hell doesn't hurt THEM any! As long as the money isn't coming out of THEIR pockets, well GET THE DIRTY SMOKERS. I'm sick of it.
It wouldn't matter if it was 51% versus 49%. Conditioning the public against a segment of the population is evil. By the way, did you see the
article about the McDonald's lawsuit? First it was tobacco, now it is fast food. Next up is soft drinks, I think.