Obama's just jumped from a C to a B overall grade

[3peet]

Yea my cousin with whom I spent many a weekend boozin it up around town went health nut about 6 months ago. Bikes to work, run 3 miles every other day etc etc. Whenever he comes up to visit and see's me with smokes he has to have one.

Says each time he has that 1st cig it tastes like a bite of ribeye from Ruth Chris!

 

[roadreeler57]

I agree tobacco use down in the US but sales up in places like China...I need to quit also....For you guys reading & maybe thinking of picking up the habit...My Mother told me a long time ago that the easiest way to quit is dont start & she was right,very hard habit to break & stay quit.

 

[rolltide]

You ever been a tobacco addict?

The ones I've known over the past 33 years have never used pricing as a leading motivator to quit use.

no doubt...unfortunately Obama's advisors feel that they're doing smokers a favor by taxing it even higher, as if this will curb their habit? Well, I smoked for 17 years with prices starting in the $1 range up to $3 and it did nothing to change my habit. only way I could quit was when I decided I had to quit...had nothing to do with rising costs.

basically it's like saying I won't mow my grass because gas prices have gone up

 

[roadreeler57]

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Billionaire developer Donald Trump says President Barack Obama is “absolutely right” to place salary caps on executives at companies receiving bailout money from the government.
In an interview with Larry King on CNN, King asked the real estate tycoon: “Is Obama right or wrong to go after these executives with salary caps?”
“I think he's absolutely right,” Trump declared.
“Billions of dollars is being given to banks and others. Once you start using taxpayer money, it's a whole new game. So I absolutely think he's right.”
Obama is imposing a $500,000 pay cap on some senior executives whose firms receive government financial rescue money.
Asked about his opinion of federal bailouts in general, Trump responded: “Let's face it, Larry, we are in a depression. If they didn't do the bailout, you would be in depression number 2 and maybe just as big as depression number 1, so they really had to do something.
“The problem is they're giving millions and billions of dollars to banks and the banks aren't loaning it … They're supposed to be loaning out that money and they're using it for other purposes, so it is a real mess.”
Trump also told King: “There's been a lot of greed. There's been a lot of stupidity. Like I say, today the banks don't have money, they don't loan money. But if you went to a bank two years ago and you wanted a $300 million loan, they'd say 'No, we don't want to do that, but we'll give you $400 million,' so I guess, to a certain extent, that's part of the problem …
“The new president is trying. Bush left him with a mess — a total mess in many different ways. I really think he's doing the best he can, but it is trial and error.”





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[fletchisrhsm]

Do you really think the government cares for its peoples well beings? Capital first, everything else second. The ONLY reason this is an issue is because they are raking from it. Otherwise, this would be a non issue. I dont see them taxing the fuck out of fast food and Heart disease kills many more then smoking.

 

[fletchisrhsm]

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Billionaire developer Donald Trump says President Barack Obama is “absolutely right” to place salary caps on executives at companies receiving bailout money from the government.
In an interview with Larry King on CNN, King asked the real estate tycoon: “Is Obama right or wrong to go after these executives with salary caps?”
“I think he's absolutely right,” Trump declared.
“Billions of dollars is being given to banks and others. Once you start using taxpayer money, it's a whole new game. So I absolutely think he's right.”
Obama is imposing a $500,000 pay cap on some senior executives whose firms receive government financial rescue money.
Asked about his opinion of federal bailouts in general, Trump responded: “Let's face it, Larry, we are in a depression. If they didn't do the bailout, you would be in depression number 2 and maybe just as big as depression number 1, so they really had to do something.
“The problem is they're giving millions and billions of dollars to banks and the banks aren't loaning it … They're supposed to be loaning out that money and they're using it for other purposes, so it is a real mess.”
Trump also told King: “There's been a lot of greed. There's been a lot of stupidity. Like I say, today the banks don't have money, they don't loan money. But if you went to a bank two years ago and you wanted a $300 million loan, they'd say 'No, we don't want to do that, but we'll give you $400 million,' so I guess, to a certain extent, that's part of the problem …
“The new president is trying. Bush left him with a mess — a total mess in many different ways. I really think he's doing the best he can, but it is trial and error.”





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Coming from a guy who is filthy rich? hno:

If that is the case, tell Donald to put a cap on his salary and expansions. Fucking hypocrite. Got to love all these guys who profited from capitalism all of a sudden, turning into fucking limo economic liberals.