[SheLion]

"I simply believe that we can take tangible steps to protect workers now," Oddo said in his letter to Miller. "We cannot let the perfect become the enemy of the good."

What good are "workers" if there aren't that many customers to wait on?

[SheLion]

Bloomberg has a vendetta against people who smoke. Lets face it.

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[thedugal]

"I just find it inconceivable that you could equate people's lives - particularly children that buy cigarettes in bodegas - with a minor economic issue," he said yesterday. "Let's get serious!"

If he believed this, even in the slightest, he would be morally obliged to BAN cigarettes, rather than TAX THEM THEREBY PROFITING FROM DEATH. The worst kind of hypocrit. It is despicable. You can add me to the ANGRY WHITE MALE list, because I honestly HATE people like this, and am not agraid to say so.

Either BAN cigarettes OR SHUT THE BLEEEEEEEEEEEP UP!!!!!

[NYCVirago]

Mayor Bloomberg infuriated bodega owners yesterday by dismissing complaints that his cigarette tax is killing their businesses. "I just find it inconceivable that you could equate people's lives - particularly children that buy cigarettes in bodegas - with a minor economic issue," he said yesterday. "Let's get serious!"

What's Bloomberg been smoking? Whether or not some bodegas sell cigarettes to minors has nothing to do with the tax issue! Some bodegas also sell booze to minors, but I don't see Bloomy demanding a new tax on alcohol!