Government suing tobacco for 280 billion

**Shaddam IV** · 09-21-2004, 10:21 AM

Ha!

I'm sure they're $280 billion short to fight another war.

Following the same logic the government should be able to sue Fast Food companies.

**FilthyRob** · 09-21-2004, 10:23 AM

And what are they gonna do with the money?

**crockett** · 09-21-2004, 10:24 AM

Originally posted by FilthyRob
And what are they gonna do with the money?

invade Canada

**wdsguy** · 09-21-2004, 10:25 AM

I don't smoke or drink so I don't got that problem :-)

**Tala** · 09-21-2004, 10:26 AM

Nice.

So they really think that tobacco has been killing people. 'Scuse me while I laugh my ass off.

**kenny** · 09-21-2004, 10:27 AM

Originally posted by wdsguy
I don't smoke or drink so I don't got that problem :-)

Smoking atleast 50 cigarettes a day is actually good for you

**DimeStoreNovel** · 09-21-2004, 10:28 AM

They say tobacco has been deceiving us for 50 years so they have to pay almost 300 BILLION dollars.

government knew what it was and continued to allow it just like they do now.

you are part of the problem or part of the cure.

they knew they could make money from it so they let it go on.

**loverboy** · 09-21-2004, 10:29 AM

Originally posted by crockett
invade Canada

**kenny** · 09-21-2004, 10:34 AM

Originally posted by DimeStoreNovel
They say tobacco has been deceiving us for 50 years so they have to pay almost 300 BILLION dollars.

government knew what it was and continued to allow it just like they do now.

you are part of the problem or part of the cure.

they knew they could make money from it so they let it go on.

You can't just ban cigarettes.. there is way to much money involved with that.

**woj** · 09-21-2004, 11:23 AM

Is the whole tobacco industry in the US even worth 280 Billion?

**Screaming** · 09-21-2004, 11:27 AM

ok smokes are bad for you but like drink isnt! i mean they are running a close race on deaths between drunk drivers killing and liver disease

**goBigtime** · 09-21-2004, 11:29 AM

Because of the link url... I thought this was some other country suing big tabacco.

But it is the US.....

LOL. Man. And it's not even October yet

**Manowar** · 09-21-2004, 11:31 AM

Originally posted by Shaddam IV
Ha!

I'm sure they're $280 billion short to fight another war.

Following the same logic the government should be able to sue Fast Food companies.

exactly

**goBigtime** · 09-21-2004, 11:36 AM

Originally posted by Shaddam IV

Following the same logic the government should be able to sue Fast Food companies.

And they damn well should ---

The reason America is filled with fat people is not so much because they have low will power as it is because so much of it's food supply is loaded down with drugs like MSG that make you consume more of the product.

FYI.. they inject lab rats with MSG when they want to make some fat rats to do studies on obesity.

www.msgtruth.org

www.truthinlabeling.org

**dready** · 09-21-2004, 11:37 AM

Originally posted by crockett
invade Canada

We'd just end up burning the White House down again.

**mookienow** · 09-21-2004, 11:37 AM

Our government sucks.
This is just going to drive the price of smokes up more.
I mean they dont get enough money from taxing the shit out of them already....I'm half glad they wont legalize weed, if they did 60% of my income would go to them, as oppose to the 50% it is now.

**zentz** · 09-21-2004, 11:41 AM

280 billions is nothing to tobacco

**Explicit** · 09-21-2004, 11:45 AM

its the governments way of picking up a few extra bucks for this war thing thats going on

**KRL** · 09-21-2004, 12:40 PM

A lot of lawyers are about to become Billionaires.

Government suing tobacco for 280 billion

Government suing tobacco for 280 billion

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