• emergencyfood
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    3 months ago

    Why should the government have any say over this.

    Because they’ll be the ones paying if you get cancer?

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      3 months ago

      Not just him, it’s also negatively affecting other people around him. The smoke doesn’t just stop at an invisible barrier where the smoking area ends and the non-smoking area begins.

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        3 months ago

        And I don’t think the staff are being paid more for taking on the additional risk.

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        3 months ago

        Tax it.

        Lol. Tell me you’re not an adult without telling me you’re not an adult.

        • I don’t see what the fuck you’re talking about here. Tax the cigarettes to compensate for the extra cost of medical care for the smokers and don’t infringe upon people’s freedoms. I don’t see what’s so complicated about that. Only the people who are costing the government money are paying the additional tax for the costs they themselves are causing. Are you fucking stupid or what?

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      3 months ago

      This is why the American system is superior. You have the freedom to get cancer if you want, you just have to pay for it yourself instead of relying on handouts from govmunt. Don’t tread on me.