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« on: April 18, 2019, 03:43:21 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2019, 03:51:05 PM »
McConnell is awful, news at 11.
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« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2019, 03:54:16 PM »
Actually not a bad idea!
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« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2019, 04:07:08 PM »
Hopefully this is a first step towards a full tobacco ban!
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« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2019, 04:14:48 PM »
The turtle is slow. It took him 34 years in the Senate to come up with a good idea.
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« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2019, 04:17:43 PM »
Quote from: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on April 18, 2019, 04:14:48 PM
The turtle is slow. It took him 34 years in the Senate to come up with a good idea.
I'm surprised you support this
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« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2019, 04:21:32 PM »
Cocaine Mitch! Strongly approve!
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« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2019, 04:24:17 PM »
Quote from: X-Filed Away on April 18, 2019, 04:07:08 PM
Hopefully this is a first step towards a full tobacco ban!

F**k no.

Nobody thinks that tobacco is safe or healthy, and if people want to use it in spite of knowing all the negative effects, that's on them and the Government should allow them to do so.
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« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2019, 04:56:12 PM »
Quote from: General Sherman - Massive FF on April 18, 2019, 04:24:17 PM
Quote from: X-Filed Away on April 18, 2019, 04:07:08 PM
Hopefully this is a first step towards a full tobacco ban!

F**k no.

Nobody thinks that tobacco is safe or healthy, and if people want to use it in spite of knowing all the negative effects, that's on them and the Government should allow them to do so.
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« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2019, 04:57:08 PM »
Quote from: General Sherman - Massive FF on April 18, 2019, 04:24:17 PM
Quote from: X-Filed Away on April 18, 2019, 04:07:08 PM
Hopefully this is a first step towards a full tobacco ban!

F**k no.

Nobody thinks that tobacco is safe or healthy, and if people want to use it in spite of knowing all the negative effects, that's on them and the Government should allow them to do so.

Wrong. Tobacco is one of the key drivers of Medicare costs. Anybody who smokes is selfishly freeloading on the government dole.
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« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2019, 04:59:44 PM »
This is the first proposal that I have seen from Mitch McConnell on which I could agree. Some states have already raised the legal age for smoking to 21.
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« Reply #11 on: April 18, 2019, 05:03:54 PM »
Quote from: 2,868,691 on April 18, 2019, 04:57:08 PM
Quote from: General Sherman - Massive FF on April 18, 2019, 04:24:17 PM
Quote from: X-Filed Away on April 18, 2019, 04:07:08 PM
Hopefully this is a first step towards a full tobacco ban!

F**k no.

Nobody thinks that tobacco is safe or healthy, and if people want to use it in spite of knowing all the negative effects, that's on them and the Government should allow them to do so.

Wrong. Tobacco is one of the key drivers of Medicare costs. Anybody who smokes is selfishly freeloading on the government dole.

And not just Medicare costs, by health insurance costs in general.
So everyone is paying higher rates.
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« Reply #12 on: April 18, 2019, 05:21:28 PM »
Quote from: 2,868,691 on April 18, 2019, 04:57:08 PM
Quote from: General Sherman - Massive FF on April 18, 2019, 04:24:17 PM
Quote from: X-Filed Away on April 18, 2019, 04:07:08 PM
Hopefully this is a first step towards a full tobacco ban!

F**k no.

Nobody thinks that tobacco is safe or healthy, and if people want to use it in spite of knowing all the negative effects, that's on them and the Government should allow them to do so.

Wrong. Tobacco is one of the key drivers of Medicare costs. Anybody who smokes is selfishly freeloading on the government dole.

You know he is just doing this for other reasons. Some I can think of are quite unsavory.
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« Reply #13 on: April 18, 2019, 05:27:52 PM »
Congrats, Senator Bevin.
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« Reply #14 on: April 18, 2019, 05:28:33 PM »
« Edited: April 18, 2019, 05:31:40 PM by #WalkAwayFromDesantis »
Wat.

Isn't KY a big tobacco state? All those MAGA meth heads under 21 are going to pissed off.
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« Reply #15 on: April 18, 2019, 05:30:17 PM »
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« Reply #16 on: April 18, 2019, 05:30:55 PM »
It should be illegal to produce and sell tobacco.

The people who buy, use, and store tobacco are victims.
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« Reply #17 on: April 18, 2019, 05:35:00 PM »
The article stated tobacco production in Kentucky has dropped, so he's probably not worried about how that industry will react.
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« Reply #18 on: April 18, 2019, 05:36:56 PM »
Quote from: #Kavanaugh For Prison on April 18, 2019, 05:30:55 PM
It should be illegal to produce and sell tobacco.
The people who buy, use, and store tobacco are victims.

"The tobacco companies .... they profit, you lose."
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« Reply #19 on: April 18, 2019, 05:54:03 PM »
 I think the age to buy tobacco, buy a gun, play lotto and gamble, engage in sex work(pornography/nude stripping) should all be raised to 21.
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« Reply #20 on: April 18, 2019, 06:00:52 PM »
Quote from: GP270watch on April 18, 2019, 05:54:03 PM
I think the age to buy tobacco, buy a gun, play lotto and gamble, engage in sex work(pornography/nude stripping) should all be raised to 21.



You do realize the inevitable end result of that would be raising the voting age as well right?
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« Reply #21 on: April 18, 2019, 06:15:11 PM »
Quote from: X-Filed Away on April 18, 2019, 04:07:08 PM
Hopefully this is a first step towards a full tobacco ban!

The organized crime would love the idea.
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« Reply #22 on: April 18, 2019, 06:16:29 PM »
Great move by McConnell
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« Reply #23 on: April 18, 2019, 06:20:12 PM »
Quote from: 2,868,691 on April 18, 2019, 04:57:08 PM
Quote from: General Sherman - Massive FF on April 18, 2019, 04:24:17 PM
Quote from: X-Filed Away on April 18, 2019, 04:07:08 PM
Hopefully this is a first step towards a full tobacco ban!

F**k no.

Nobody thinks that tobacco is safe or healthy, and if people want to use it in spite of knowing all the negative effects, that's on them and the Government should allow them to do so.

Wrong. Tobacco is one of the key drivers of Medicare costs. Anybody who smokes is selfishly freeloading on the government dole.
Then why haven't any of the countries with single-payer healthcare done this already?
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« Reply #24 on: April 18, 2019, 06:24:03 PM »
Quote from: Hammy on April 18, 2019, 06:00:52 PM
Quote from: GP270watch on April 18, 2019, 05:54:03 PM
I think the age to buy tobacco, buy a gun, play lotto and gamble, engage in sex work(pornography/nude stripping) should all be raised to 21.



You do realize the inevitable end result of that would be raising the voting age as well right?

 No, voting has nothing to do with any of those other things which are almost all exploitive.
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