Pack Mentality
There's a gas station that I drive by every day (I'll try and get a picture) that has a sign out front. The sign is like those political poster sign that get stuck in your neighbors lawn. You know the guy with the perfect lawn but the signs are still there 6 months after the election. If your like me you've probably thought about late one night replacing all his signs with the political opponents signs from across the street.This particular sign isn't advertising anything and simply says "Tax Free Cigarettes Hurt Our Schools" Now I thought cigarettes hurt people, tax free or not. Cancer right, heart problems, stroke, emphysema ?
You see I live near the Oneida Indian reservation and they've built a fair number of Savon Gas station type convenience marts. The Oneida's sell cigarettes more cheaply because they aren't taxed. The fact is nothing is taxed and it's funny there are no signs that say "Tax Free Gas Hurts Our Schools". We as a nation spend $157.4 billion per year in medical costs related to smoking. New York state in 1998 spent $ 6,379,000,000 according to the CDC in Atlanta.
hmm I've yet to see a sign protesting that.
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