In Alberta our health minister is making some pretty strong noises about raising prices $1.75/pack. Which brings the price up to around $7.75. The federal and provincial governments will then take about $6.55/pack right off the top in taxes. Now the tobbacco companies pay taxes, so do retailers,distributors,advertizers etc. and I assume the tobbacco farmer. So how much does the government actually get from a pack of cigarettes?
Then Gary Mar(Alberta health minister) has the nerve to rip the tobbacco companys? Saying they are, like evil!!! Maybe he needs to look in the mirror??? I mean who is making the most money here off this deadly vice?
Why is it the government won't help people quit? I believe they plow a certain amount of their profits from gambling back into rehabilitation programs, so why not tobbacco? The fact of the matter is tobbacco is a cash cow for our governments and they are the ones who truly benefit from its use! Have you ever noticed how all the things organized crime used to run the government has taken over? The poor old Mafia and Hell's Angels have been pretty well squeezed out of all the evil criminal stuff by our own sweet governments!! I remember when the Hell's Angels came to Alberta, Stockwell Day(he was justice minister then) had a big rant about how we didn't want any organized crime in Alberta! I guess they didn't want any competition!!
Then Gary Mar(Alberta health minister) has the nerve to rip the tobbacco companys? Saying they are, like evil!!! Maybe he needs to look in the mirror??? I mean who is making the most money here off this deadly vice?
Why is it the government won't help people quit? I believe they plow a certain amount of their profits from gambling back into rehabilitation programs, so why not tobbacco? The fact of the matter is tobbacco is a cash cow for our governments and they are the ones who truly benefit from its use! Have you ever noticed how all the things organized crime used to run the government has taken over? The poor old Mafia and Hell's Angels have been pretty well squeezed out of all the evil criminal stuff by our own sweet governments!! I remember when the Hell's Angels came to Alberta, Stockwell Day(he was justice minister then) had a big rant about how we didn't want any organized crime in Alberta! I guess they didn't want any competition!!
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