[Madame Dufarge]

"Between 10,000 and 13,000 people die early in New Jersey each year from tobacco," Downs said. "Before they die, they wrack up huge health care costs. The numbers are so high they become incomprehensible to the average person."

Wow, his panic is palpable.

The spectre of making an honest living must have pushed him over the edge.

[Gabz]

The spectre of making an honest living must have pushed him over the edge.

How right you are. Losing their jobs is actually the impetus behind the whining about the use of settlement funds - those funds pay their salaries :)