what about restaurant owners in THEIR OWN bars? or business owners in THEIR OWN office buildings? ********************* As I said in my post. Not the same as a private home. The restuarants and bars have health codes they have to meet to serve the public. Smoking falls well within those health codes to be concerned about. The filtration systems weren't adequate enough, and didn't protect the workers health either. But as I also said in my earlier post. I'm glad for totally selfish reasons that smoking was banned. Its happening across country, across continents in some cases. It's going to be a 21 century battle that is going to take place and face it...the majority of people who don't smoke would rather not have to suffer through your bad habit. When I smoked it was MY bad habit. But bad habit it was...no doubt. And I don't need a scientific study to know that my lungs clog up when I arround smoke. Now that I'm not in the grip of that addiction...I can see it much clearer. And so can my lungs.
On Mar 15, 6:00 pm, "AmericanBuilt.us" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 15, 9:59 am, NavyBrat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I do > > draw the line at people being told what they can and can't do in their > > own homes and cars. > > what about restaurant owners in THEIR OWN bars? > or business owners in THEIR OWN office buildings? > > once, OUTSIDE, a woman was bitching about me smoking near her OUTSIDE. > complaining and whining about HER RIGHTS with no disregard for mine. > not 10 minutes later i heard her saying her husband was laid off work > and they couldn't afford the bills. this was about six months after > 200+ mom & pop businesses (including the ENTIRE 5th floor of the mall > of america) went bankrupt because of the smoking ban; her husband was > then competing with 2000+ unemployed waitresses, bartenders, and cooks > for work & wages... plus her property taxes go up, as do other taxes > to compensate for lost tax revenue from the unemployed and out of > business. > > go look at what % of YOUR state's taxes are paid via ridiculously high > liquor and cigarette taxes. look at how much money restaurants were > REQUIRED to spend on ventilation BEFORE the ban. compare the typical > amount of smoke in a bar with OSHA requirements... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
