[olug] OT: poll question

[Obi-Wan]

> > But if they all stop, the tax revenue would dry up, and the rest of us
> > will have to pay even more taxes.
> 
> But if they stop, they might live longer, reducing taxes in the long run...?

...and dramatically increasing medicare and social security payments.
You think those programs are in trouble now...

I can't stand the stuff, BTW.  Nicotine, that is, not medicare & social
security.

-- 
Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth                             obiwan at jedi.com
   The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the
     Giver of all good things, so if I stand, let me stand on the
       promise that You will pull me through.  -- Rich Mullins