Why is a smoking cessation program and endowment to the arts part of the stimulus?http://www.congress.org/congressorg/headlines.tt
I think smokers are less likely to quit in such stressful time and I wish I had some habit to reduce the stress...maybe a smokers training program?
Anyway...I thought the tobacco taxes and part of the tobacco liability concessions were supposed to pay for this kind of thing. Also, insurance companies offer the nicoderm patch, prescriptions, and behavior modification programs for stopping...wtf?
I am all for people to be healthy and to stop smoking...but as part of the job stimulus package???
Why not take out those Arts millions and get Caroline to raise money for them? I thought we were trying to jump start the economy in these "perilous" times.
I agree that previous spending was reckless...it is just that now I have so little faith in the lawmakers (since they acted like the 3 Stooges and "who's on first?" in the last bailout. I am reading the details for the first time in the light that there is nobody looking out for me now. Kind of like if you were a passenger in a speeding car and the driver has slumped over the wheel drunk...you would suddenly get very interested in steering. Since I lost my job on Nov 5, I am particularly interested in the job creation details on this one since there won't likely be another one. I wish they would put this to a vote and we could pick the programs we think would work. The only jobs I see being created are for the Trade Unions, an industry in which jobs are not being lost.
report me sissy
cold turkey mam
jacko81
yOur right its hard to stop smoking when youre stresed out, and it seem like we just get more stressed out everyday. but we canntot sue them or anything . the dangers are well known by now and its only a a matter of self choice wether to smoke or not. actually im suprised we havent stopped smoking yet
mighty_power7
endowment of the arts -- the more the arts are supported, the more job opportunities there are for artists, musicians, etc. plus, studies have proven that kids who study music also get better grades in school.
Killer Queen
Obama smokes. Smokers use 42% of a company's healthcare costs. I think everyone knows it is bad for them and for the people around them. But they aren't going to quit unless they want to quit. You're right, there is help available now. Adding more isn't going to increase the desire to quit.
There is always going to be stress. We can't reach for crutches every time something goes wrong. We need to learn other ways to cope.
Kal-El
You bring up some good points. Why is "stimulus" money going to non-stimulus areas? It's called PORK. Lawmakers but these types of things in their proposals and will only sign off if their individual cause is kept in the Bill.
This stimulus plan also gives money away to MANY lobbyist groups. In the last stimulus we lost this company 1 TRILLION dollars and little to no progress was made. In fact 70% of the money is unaccounted for--gone!
Why do they think that doing this again is going to have any better effects? The fact is that the government is building us a debt so huge that our grandchildren will be paying it back. Frankly I'm disgusted!
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