Reply #247: Allowing people to operate without consequences is also rw agenda. [View All]

[uppityperson]

If you do something, there are consequences. Some, like you, seem to be saying that you want to "eliminate the personal responsibility". That "personal responsibility...kills far more people with much more certainty than smoking ever could". Being personally responsible for how you take care of yourself is a "far graver threat to public health and well-being than smokers could ever be. " Are you SERIOUS? Seriously?

"The tax falls disproportionately on poor smokers as compared to wealthy smokers. Obviously. That is the problem - regressive taxation,".

Are you saying that the poorer you are, the less sales tax on things you should pay as it seems ALL taxes, from food to gas to cigs to services, fall disproportionately on poor people than wealthier?