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From: acton@mprvaxa.UUCP (Don Acton)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: New from the Campaign Trail
Message-ID: <786@mprvaxa.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 18-Oct-86 22:29:24 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 18 22:29:24 1986
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In article <465@sask.UUCP> brecht@sask.UUCP (Tim Brecht) writes:
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>VOTER:	   When I buy cigarettes, I pay taxes on them.  That tax is my
>	   license to smoke anywhere I damn well please!
>
>CANDIDATE: Well, that's certainly an interesting point of view.  I've
>	   never heard that before.  ...

I don't know whether or not Tim supports this voter's viewpoint but I
will just point out that even if a tax were a license, that wouldn't
entitle one to do whatever they please. For example even if you have a
hunting license you are still not allowed to hunt eagles or people.
Likewise obtaining a driver's license doesn't give one free reign to do
what they please on the roads. (Although by the way some people drive
you would think it does.) However, one could also adopt the position
that the taxes on cigarettes are just extra health insurance premiums.

  Donald Acton