G Money wrote: > Wait, I thought the idea of letting pure economics solve this issue was > completely out the window.....???? > >
Directly? It is for me. I think a smoking ban has very very little effect economically on the establishments, good or bad. Indirectly? It does have an economic impact. My taxes go to pay for smoker's health bills. Not exactly a free market force, but it is an economic impact. Of course the logical Libertarian argument here is that the government should get out of healthcare too. Unfortunately, that's a pipe dream - I can't stop the government from taking away my money and giving it to other people, but in this case a smoking ban would decrease the amount of money the government spent on healthcare. I'm pretty sure the government wouldn't actually give any of it back to me, but at least they wouldn't be spending as much on smoking related healthcare. -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249567 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
