[Libertarian_4_eva]

Tom Ryan, a spokesman for Philip Morris USA, said the tobacco company supports a crackdown on tax evasion. "The people really hurt by all this are the retailers who are doing business legitimately." he said. "Jobs are on the line."

And the tobacco companies wonder why we don't support them? They are contemptible.

Hey look man what exactly do you expect them to say? They have already been drained of billions of dollars. Hey everyone buy smokes online? I don't think so. I am pretty shure the tobacco companies are laughing their butt off about this stuff.

[Great Dane]

The tobacco companies didn't get drained, the got permission to pass the fines on to the consumer..... and the did.
If they had stood up for their legal product, this wouldn't keep happening, it is happening because the industry rolled over.