A 61 cent tax on cigarettes? It certainly does sound like a good idea to me. If for nothing else to add an incentive for people to stop smoking.

The problem with "free choice" is that people who wants to quit, say, smoking are not doing it, they are not taking that choice, simply because they lack the right incentive. We all know it's bad for us, but that's not enough of an incentive. If you hit people where it hurts, their economy, they might seriously consider taking the choice they've wanted to take for a long time.


Oh, and G-mans statement about there being adequate evidence that socialised medicine doesn't work is all well and good, seeing as how he conveniently ignores the ample evidence out there tha points out that it does work.



Racks be to MisterJLA