Smoking Addiction & Recovery Support Group

http://wiki.dickinson.edu/index.php...

("A subsidy is a type of financial assistance typically paid by the government to a business. Businesses receive subsidies in order to remain competitive with international markets and perhaps pay for more expensive upgrades that they otherwise would be unable to afford. It is important to understand the concepts behind subsidies because once in place, they tend to have long-lasting effects on the economy, the environment, and nearly all aspects of society. It is easy to see why farmers would benefit from subsidies since the growing seasons are never the same and they have nothing to fall back on if their crops fail. Also they provide food for millions of people and providing them with money in times of need is important for everyone. However there is at least one subsidy whose benefits to society are questionable and that is the subsidy provided to tobacco farmers." )

What to do? Farmers are trying to make a living yet their product is making is ill, and hurting us?
And how about the money from the cigarette taxes that support social programs like medicaid? How can we reduce our dependence on that money?

If tobacco use all together stopped, I heard would have a profound effect on the economy-what a mess huh?

https://www.google.com/search?q=gov...:en-US:official&client=firefox#hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_nf=1&gs_mss=tobacco%20taxes%20p&pq=government%20subsidies%20to%20tobacco%20companies&cp=30&gs_id=108&xhr=t&q=tobacco+taxes+pay+for+medicaid&pf=p&client=firefox&rls=com.yahoo:en-US%3Aofficial&sclient=psy-ab&oq=tobacco+taxes+pay+for+medicaid&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=ce62f954378a6ed&biw=1014&bih=587
Posted on 08/17/12, 08:10 pm