Saturday, 27 September 2008

Target & Roll Out! labour spin,, dross!

its annoying me lately the way the government are using these phrases like they re the be all and end all!
its as annoying as people who "twitch" 2 fungers either side of their head when they want to say something in a sarcastic way!
the latest "target" is once again,,, SMOKERS!
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/Smoking-warnings-are-simply-shocking.4534811.jp
quite honestly they are forgetting one major thing.
the amount of TAX they are reaping from the smoker.
they moan on and on about the cost of treating a cancer patient and refuse them grugs to treat their condition.
hf you consider that a pack of 20 without TAX costs about £1,,,, then the other £4:50 goes straight into the taxmans pocket.
by the time a patients cancer has reached the point where it needs treatment, the patient has allready covered the cost of that treatment with the tax he paid.
its probably cost the taxpayer in excess of £500,000 to come up with the latest deterrent to smoking. i am of course speaking of the "rollong out" of pictures of cancers on cigarette packs.
why did it cost that much to come up with that idea?
cos a FUCKING "THINK TANK!" talked about it for an hour in the park!
what is a think tank?
EASY FUCKING MONEY!
the pictures will not deter the smokers.
the "written warnings" didnt do it!
the television campaigns didnt do it!
no one can convince smokers to give up!
but the government know that.
if everyone gave up, just think of the tax they wouldnt rake in!
as i see it, they have just 2 courses of action they can take.
first,,, reduce the tax on tobacco products accross the board!
second ,,, ban the sale of tobacco products completely!
reducing tax means they will sell more, and if its true that smoking kills, then everyone who smokes will die!
if they ban it, thats where it all ends.

as general members of the great british public,, we should "roll out" our complaints with regard to everything, and "target" the government with them!

Benny

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