Jump to full article: Deseret News, 2010-03-06
Author: Joseph Cramer, M.D Deseret News
Intro: Here we go again. It's the annual struggle to convince a couple of powerfully positioned people that the tax on tobacco products should be raised because:
1. The directed use of the plant kills people.
2. The regular use of the substance harms innocent people around them, especially children.
3. The current tax is far below the national average and the levels of the states around us. .. .
Every year we go through this exercise, wasting time and energy on both sides. Voters in favor of a hike have to get out and tell their representatives to support it. Lobbyists have to do their stuff. Let's just pass the darned raise and get on with it. The world will not stop spinning, and the universe will continue to expand.
Why must we torture ourselves with this failure of leadership to do the right thing for the many right reasons? Do we have to inhale it any longer?
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