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Old 02-16-2008, 09:45 AM   #37 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Knaur Amarsh View Post
Thats such a ridiculous idea.Already,the anti-smoking lobby is campaigning for increasing tobbaco prices,to "discourage" people for smoking,which again is crap.If I want to smoke a cigarette inspite of all their paranoid warnings,I ll want to smoke a cigarette even if it's more expensive.Of course,if they make it really expensive,the lower middle class working guy will probably be forced to switch to a cheaper,possibly unfiltered brand,which won't exactly serve their purposes,would it?I fail to understand the purpose of such a 10 bucks license fee suggestion,it sends out the wrong idea.As soon as one country implements it,anti-smokers all over the world will be all for it.Seen it already in case of the ban on smoking in public places fiasco......
As ever, the poor old public is seen as an unending source of revenue by his government. Perhaps we should propose a tax on those politicians who come up with absurd ideas!
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