[mylife]

Convenient denial on any given subject will create an atmosphere of general denial where you can more easily pretend, for example, that smoking or chewing tobacco isn't really substance abuse and you can go right along killing yourself while charging others for your health care. Unbelievable.

Ya know? I like Ted, but he misses the mark here.

Ted, you have it backwards here. Smokers are paying for your healthcare while being robbed by the GOVT.

Ever hear of SCHIP?

[RedStateRocker]

“Ted, you have it backwards here. Smokers are paying for your healthcare while being robbed by the GOVT.”

How are smokers paying for MY healthcare?

Yeah, they die earlier WRT Social Security and medicare/medicade but it’s not your or my fault that we have those socialist programs, and while smokers may die earlier the ones who live longer use a LOT of resources.

Now, as to the tobacco taxes, you’ve got a point.

Although a ‘legalize everything’ libertarian (small L) Republican myself I’d vote for Ted in a heartbeat.