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In reply to the discussion: Penalty could keep smokers out of health overhaul [View all]AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)31. Thank you!
You read my post exactly right.
Why should smokers be held to a different standard than others?
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If they are going to single out one group of people, then others should be fair game as well.
AngryOldDem
Jan 2013
#9
But will it matter if they raise the prices so high that the smokers can't afford those policies?
Mojorabbit
Jan 2013
#39
I think they should charge poor people more because they are the 'sickest' segment of society,
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#40
You know how they get those numbers? If you have a smoking history & die of any disease
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#41
I'd agree with you but they came through the last 2 presidential elections
Live and Learn
Jan 2013
#6
Less educated and more poor? Lot of rich people smoke. The president IS one of them.
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Jan 2013
#35
I said, 'tend to,' which is a statistical tendency unmitigated by the fact that some rich people
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#45
yes; 67% of american men smoked circa 1950 -- today only 23%. For women, the 60s was the peak,
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#42
and why should i have to pay higher rates for children with autism or adults with depression or
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#47
Meanwhile the French continue to smoke like chimneys, drink all day, eat butter in everything
kenny blankenship
Jan 2013
#20
Maybe access to care as a right is far more important than whether a country smokes
kenny blankenship
Jan 2013
#28
Bingo. And they aren't going to stop with the smokers. Next will be the obese, then the drinkers,
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Jan 2013
#36
THANK YOU! The absolute class-marked nature of this bullshit can also be demonstrated
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#44
and the japanese binge frequently and wind up face down in the gutter or barfing on the trains
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#48
In this thread: Reactionary smokers point their fingers at fat people. nt
EastKYLiberal
Jan 2013
#25