----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken & Karla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mpls Issues" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [Mpls] How quickly we get used to a smoke-free environment(butnot to Hooters)
> [KB responds] That applies nationally, not locally. Really? So the 75 cents a pack "fee" that Minnesota is using to balance its budget is my imagination? And Minneapolis won't see any of that money? Did you know that Minnesota has a state MINIMUM price for cigarettes? That's so the tax money keeps rolling in. This is a state minimum price brought to you buy legislators who say they believe in the free market. > To bring it back > to Minneapolis -- which doesn't make tons of money off tobacco in any > way you seem to mean and doubtless can't legally ban it, anyway Why can't they ban it? Certainly if it's the "public health" problem it is, they could sure try. Minneapolis has a bad case of Berkeley-Eugene-Madison envy and certainly would be the champions in liberal nanny-statism if they tried, at least. Of course it'll never happen.......... there's too much money in smokes. >-- the > city council did what it could do. It has some jurisdiction over public > health, so it exercised its authority over that area in banning what IS > a public health threat: tobacco SMOKING. The council didn't ban chewing > or other non-smoke-producing forms of tobacco usage, did it? No, but they are not the "public health" risk smoking tobacco is. Doesn't negate my original point: if it's so bad, try to ban it altogether. Otherwise, it's just political posturing under the guise of "public health"....... though it's nothing but nanny-statism run amok...... again. Mike Thompson Windom life-long non-smoker REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
