Quote Originally Posted by delusionsofNORMALity
yep....that's the american way, isn't it? take a small group and vilify it, then you are free to tax it to death or restrict its freedoms or even outlaw it entirely. does this sound familiar?

The American way is to support your citizens and give liberties to people who can't afford it themselves. But hey, why not restrict health care to needy families and sick children? They're not people because they are poor, right?

I agree completely with Bstheory on the money spending situation, I think that Military spending should be cut dramatically and other spending also ie Prisons, Jails, and other pork barrel spending. Not to say that Prisons and Jails and invaluable institutions are pork barrel. $100+ billion a year on military and pork barrel spending is ridiculous.

I don't consider myself a lefty or righty, I think I'm a moderate. But universal healthcare is a longtime waiting. England, Australia, New Zealand, and many other modern countries have universal healthcare and I 100% agree with their decisions to make that available. But still, here in the USA many people go without proper healthcare when the USA is an incredibly advanced nation and has immense budgets and technology.

A cigarette tax maybe is not the best choice, but is that really the point?

Dave