[VRWC_minion]

Yep, we should be consistent and raise taxes every year to cover the additional spending required to run our government

Banning smoking will lower my restaurant bill. Lower labor, maintenance and cleaning will save me money.

[CSM]

"Banning smoking will lower my restaurant bill. Lower labor, maintenance and cleaning will save me money."

Wrong again. Do you ever use that organ contained in your skull? The reality is that the cost of capitol will now be spread over fewer customers, therefore driving the cost of each individual product (meal) up. In addition, the residue from cooking and the toxins contained there in will also require the same amount of cleaning and maintenance, these costs will not decline.

You are right about one aspect of this, the labor cost as a whole for the rest. will go down. They won't have as many patrons to serve, so the number of servers will go down. However, that is a variable cost and it will be break even in your meals cost.

[E Rocc]

Banning smoking will lower my restaurant bill. Lower labor, maintenance and cleaning will save me money.

Then many bars would already ban smoking. The problem is that overhead (rent or mortgage/taxes, lights, heat, licensing) is not affected by the number of patrons. Less patrons means that each one either absorbs a greater share, or the owner does.

-Eric

[FlJoePa]

Here's an idea. Learn to cook your own food in your own home.