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Leon[_7_]

On 2/6/2014 9:13 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 08:03:38 -0600, Swingman wrote:
Meh. Damned progressives. If they can't constitutionally ban it, they will
attempt to tax it to death, thereby increasing crime, and more excuses to
fill the prisons:

Really? You're complaining that taxing cigarettes is increasing crime?
You've got to be kidding. You're one of the smartest people I know,
but your IQ just dropped twenty points.

Government restriction of any form causes crime.

Think about prohibition.

Whatever crime and costs that might be attributed to taxing cigarettes
is VASTLY overshadowed by the loss of lives and costs to the
healthcare system from people smoking.

You should move a little closer to the Texas Mexican border, you might
change your mind. On a slow day dozens of people are killed in any
given border town.

Now you might say that the drugs, which is the focus of all the
violence, would not exist if the government was not restricting its use
and or when cigarettes are eventually out lawed crime will increase even
more.

The government should only maintain the infrastructure and protect our
borders.