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To: Clare who wrote (1379)	4/14/1998 10:41:00 AM
From: Geoff	Respond to of 6439

"Well since they wrote the laws, they call it legal..." Isn't that sick? Did anyone read the article in the WSJ today about the Maryland lawsuit? (Page B7) It starts, "The Maryland legislature passed a law that makes it easier for the state to sue the tobacco industry to recover the public health-care costs of treating sick smokers." Is this for real?!? I mean, come on already, you're telling me that if the government (State or Federal) can simply change the laws if things are not going its way? I find this immensely disturbing. I must write a letter to the WSJ now, and continue my letter writing campaign (now I must send mail to Maryland's federal reps expressing my objections). "I look around and there's no one left to pay for my food stamps." Very good point. Though I am anti-microsoft, I agree with what you are saying. The difference between MSFT and Tobacco is BIG, and I won't get into at MSFT debate here. But the moral of the story is that the government, stressed over its "balanced budget" cannot raise taxes, but it feels forced to make sure that special interest groups continue to get money for programs despite the budget cuts, so the governments decide to go after tobacco. Unbelieveable! geoff