So you being born in Kenya gives you the inalienable rights to my frequent my store?
No.
Its just illegal for you or your agent(s) to discriminate against the individual born in Kenya.
So you being born in Kenya gives you the inalienable rights to my frequent my store?
I think it's more about protecting the rights (health) of the workers in the restaurant than taking rights away from the patrons.
It's kinda like shooting a gun - it's ok to do as long as you aren't in a restaurant doing it to someone else without thought or care.
But yes, it does take away sime tights from smokers.
market forces, and ONLY market forces, should decide if smoking will be allowed in a privately-owned business. If I own Joe's Bar, and I want to allow my patrons to smoke inside my bar, it is absolutely NONE of the government's business.
If you own a private (members-only) bar, then the decision should absolutely be up to the ownership/membership. But if it's a business open to the public, then it's a different situation.
The biggest reason I support the smoking ban is because of the large amount of my tax $ goes toward providing healthcare to people who smoke and don't have their own insurance. Anything to discourage them from smoking saves me $ (indirectly.) At least some form of public healthcare has always and probably will always exist, and I'd prefer so spend as little as possible.
If you own a private (members-only) bar, then the decision should absolutely be up to the ownership/membership. But if it's a business open to the public, then it's a different situation.
The biggest reason I support the smoking ban is because of the large amount of my tax $ goes toward providing healthcare to people who smoke and don't have their own insurance. Anything to discourage them from smoking saves me $ (indirectly.) At least some form of public healthcare has always and probably will always exist, and I'd prefer so spend as little as possible.
Meh..., smokers don't cost nearly as much as old people. If you really wanted to lower your costs, you'd make it illegal to be old and get medical attention.
Individual cap and trade on fats isn't scheduled until 2018. Live it up.
Smoking should be banned in government buildings.
Disagree, tally the number of old people that were smokers, subtract that number from the total of old people and you come up with a lot less old people that are a burden.
Each year, diseases caused by cigarette smoking result in $96 billion in health care costs, much of which is paid by taxpayers through publicly-funded health programs.
Unless you just go quietly into the night, the vast majority of your medical expenses will be incurred in the last 5 years of your life, whether you live to be 70 or 100. It doesn't matter if you smoked or not.
Hu? Is this a joke? Or was this inside the Obamacare law? First I have heard of it. Hum.. Smoking *IS* banned in .gov bldg.
-Jedi
Won't argue that.
I'm just saying that your health care costs are going to be the most in the last 5 years of your life, whenever they happen to be.
Eat right, exercise, get your proper rest, regularly see and follow the advice of your physician, get plenty of sunshine, drink 10 glasses of water a day, drink only red wine and only in moderation, engage in a healthy sexual relationship........, etc.......
......and die anyway.