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Thread #153019   Message #3581252
Posted By: GUEST
03-Dec-13 - 10:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: Should smokers have to pay so much?
Subject: RE: BS: Should smokers have to pay so much?
Obamacare adds 50% to premiums and penalties if you're a smoker. That's punishment. On top of high taxation per pack.

So, should fat people be punished, for the drain on society their obesity will cause someday?

Should promiscuous people be punished for increased incidence of sexually transmitted diseases?

Overeating and overfucking are lifestyle choices, same as smoking.

Hitler began with cigarettes and ended with Auschwitz. I worry that there's no middle ground, once a government convinces you a class of people should be harrassed.