On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:16:24 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
> wrote:

>It will not "kill" some of them. Many of them it will, especially the
>local pubs and sports bars.

Absolutely NOT. Pubs and sports bars thrive. There were plenty of
non smokers who avoided them *because* of the smoke who now patronize
them.

>The trickle effect will not be noticed too
>much until the local municipalities, cities, states begin to wonder where
>in hell the tax money went that it used to collect from these places.

They bump up the gas tax, of course.

>Then of course they'll have to modify the smoking laws and then find
>another source of revenue to plump up the larder. IOW, they'll have to
>find a new "bad guy" to tax to death. I'm guessing they'll start laying
>down heavy fines for using the mobile phone while driving.

It's coming in July here. I've avoided too many distracted one handed
drivers to care. I wish it was in force now.

>Other than
>that I can't think of another public nuisance they could dream up to tax.
>Alcohol, tobacco and gasoline are already taxed to death. Yes, they'll
>have to drum a "bad guy" out of the woodwork that the gullible public can
>be led to revile and coerce into taxing. Hmmm... How's about the home
>chimney tax? Smoke comes out of the chimney. It's bad for you. Let's tax
>it.

Many communities have outlawed wood burning, period. You can't even
use charcoal grills. Where I live, if you like fireplaces and
chimneys - be very thoughtful about converting to gas because you will
never be able to convert back. Personally, I love the smell of wood
smoke. I should have been a fireman.


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