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The Federal Government, State Governments Will Not Do Without That Tax Revenue From Tobacco No Matter What. I've Always Thought It Was One Of The Most Contradictory Setups That We Have, Because Everything Said Publicly About The Product Is Intended To Besmirch It, Impugn It, And Do The Same Thing To The People That Use It. And Yet Here's The Government Scoring, I Mean, You Want To Talk About Obscene Profits, The Government Doesn't Do A Damn Thing But Stick Its Hand In. The Government Taxes Tobacco At Every Stage. It Taxes Tobacco When The Farmer's Thinking About Planting It.

If You're Going To Offer A Position Of Great Power And Importance To Somebody, You're Not Gonna Do That Publicly Unless You Know They're Gonna Accept It, Because To Refuse It Is A Rebuke.

We're All Born Pessimists. It Takes Effort To Be Optimistic.

As Long As There's Anybody That's Poor Or Middle Class, There Will Not Be Satisfaction That There Are Rich People. Not 'til We Get Rid Of All The Rich Can We Say We Have Finished The Job.

When There Is This Giant Narrative, When There Is A Singular Story Out There Like There Is Right Now About The Russians Hacking The Election So That Donald Trump Would Win - When The Media Is Pumping It And The Democrats Are Quoting The Media And The Media's Quoting The Democrats And It's Just Like A Giant Blanket Thrown All Over The Country - Don't Believe The Story. It's Made Up! It Is A Script. I Call The Daily Soap Opera.