was the stimulus ever explicitly stated as being a "short term" stimulus? i'm asking... i don't know. i don't recall ever seeing a time frame attached to it. i don't know what the exact numbers would be, but i'd tend to agree with Larry here (yes, really). we'd lose the spending and tax $ on cigarette purchases, but gain $ in not having to treat the cancer/emphysema patients (you know they're not all insured, or insured enough). would that possibly be a wash? again, i don't know... just throwing it out there.
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > But, has NOTHING to do with the stimulus. > > As a matter of fact, it would do the opposite (reducing spending and taxes > on smoking) > > Any actual benefits would not be seen for 10, 20, 40 years. > > Which is a good thing, but WAY outside a short term stimulus. > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > $75 million for "smoking cessation activities." (wasteful) > > > > I disagree. This country spends over $50 billion annually on smoking > > related diseases. Even using the most skeptical 10% success rate for > smoking > > cessation plans, this would mean a significant reduction in those cancer > and > > emphysema treatment costs. In other words even if $1 billion is saved > every > > year that more than makes up for the $75 million spent on smoking > cessation > > programs. > > > > If that's a wasteful program, then I'd hate to see a useful one. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287325 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
