[Shelley_c]

Nobody should be refused healthcare. I'm not a smoker. Taxpayer or not, if a person ineeds that operation they should never be refused. If the thinking goes your on welfare, you smoke so you shouldn't have to pay for the healthcare then we shouldn't be paying for childrens healthcare. Afterall, they aren't working, paying taxes.

Luckily, we don't live in a world like this and healthcare should be available to everyone and anyone. The root of all evil is money. If we dig deeper, should we blame the companies who produce cigarettes? should they foot the bill for getting people addicted in the first place? Stating in the early days when smoking was good for you?

The real truth is the goverment need people to smoke as much as a person needs to breathe. There's so much money in it for the government they can tax the hell out of it.

Do you drive? I'm wondering how many drivers have polluted peoples lungs with the gasses they emit.

They'll always be a time when someone won't be able to work (maybe this is down to health problems) and rely on the state for some kind of income. Does this make your contributions less grudgmental (Not even sure that's a word but I like it and it fits what I'm saying). *Submits to wiki*