Ontopic Should people who are government leaches be allowed to have children?
- Thread starter Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski
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It's dropping in the UK further since the ban on smoking in pubs. This is also reducing the incidence of passive smoking related disease.
they already do that. the tax is well over 100%.
they should heavily tax anal lube to cover all your AIDS
They do. A bottle of that stuff is over $25. WTF.
I am using it for "personal lubrication" and "physical massages"!!
The added burden of a child on the system of welfare is what you were originally asking about. What about the additional burden of smokers on the system? That is the link between the two, however loose.
poor people are poor because they spend all there money on smokes and food... Its no coincidence.
Makes no sense at all because I've never stated opinions that way inclined but I think you've seen proof of the 'burden' in the stats posted above. Think that should straighten it out.
What's really interesting about that graph is that at $49,000-$59,000, the % of smokers is in line with World and UK averages. So it's not just the poor or stupid.
I'd almost say though that to social influence to quit amongst the higher income bracket might be part of the reason. When your dealing with people making 100k and such, appearance is just as important as anything else, and smelling and looking like a smoker will hurt your ability to make more money because of the social stigma attached to it.
For whatever the reason, it looks like people on the dole are more likely to smoke. So they are already a burden on the system with higher medical issues (albeit paid for by cigarette taxes) but they would add even more burden to the system if they had children (see? bringing it back around).
Well considering they get paid the dole, but spend it on cigs which is mainly in tax, they're actually kind of paying themselves/ paying back into the tax system quite a lot....
But also the whole 'people on the dole more likely to smoke' thing makes sense from a poverty-luxury point of view. When I'm super poor I appreciate being able to smoke as if it's the only reward I have in life and at least I have that therefore things aren't so bad. Just like when I've been so poor before I could barely eat anything having flavoured water/soda made me feel so much happier than having to drink water all day long. Little luxuries like cigs or soda really boost your happiness levels when you're pretty low.
Well considering they get paid the dole, but spend it on cigs which is mainly in tax, they're actually kind of paying themselves/ paying back into the tax system quite a lot....
But also the whole 'people on the dole more likely to smoke' thing makes sense from a poverty-luxury point of view. When I'm super poor I appreciate being able to smoke as if it's the only reward I have in life and at least I have that therefore things aren't so bad. Just like when I've been so poor before I could barely eat anything having flavoured water/soda made me feel so much happier than having to drink water all day long. Little luxuries like cigs or soda really boost your happiness levels when you're pretty low.
Think of how much more sense it would make to just make prostitution legal, and state-funded!
Smoking its acceptable for older purple though because at one time nobody knew how bad it was. Any one under the age of like 35 has zero excuse... Has been completely drilled in that its addicting, terrible for you, and just plain s stupid yet they chose to start anyways. Shows poor decision making and lack of self control among younger people.
Not to mention it smells like ass, makes your car smell like ass, makes your home smell like ass, makes your clothes snell like ass, etc.
Not to mention it smells like ass, makes your car smell like ass, makes your home smell like ass, makes your clothes snell like ass, etc.