Smoking Ban Loses in Senate by 1 Vote

Paugus Bay Resident · 04-06-2006, 05:45 PM

Patrick's went none smoking a few months ago and seems to be doing fine.

What happened to freedom of choice, personal responsibility, free market enterprise, etc., etc? It seems more and more that people want the government to take resposibility for them when they are perfectly capable of doing it themselves.

If a business owner wants to go smoke free great, if another doesn't his / her choice. I'll choose to patronize whichever I choose. Employees can follow suit. If that great a percentage of our population (I saw the poll as well) wants smoking banned in restaurants, let them vote with their feet and pocketbooks. Its much more effective and will save the tax payers the burden of a new "non smoking enforcement" department.

04-06-2006, 05:45 PM	#5
Paugus Bay Resident Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Gilmanton, NH Posts: 754 Thanks: 136 Thanked 93 Times in 51 Posts	Patrick's went none smoking a few months ago and seems to be doing fine. What happened to freedom of choice, personal responsibility, free market enterprise, etc., etc? It seems more and more that people want the government to take resposibility for them when they are perfectly capable of doing it themselves. If a business owner wants to go smoke free great, if another doesn't his / her choice. I'll choose to patronize whichever I choose. Employees can follow suit. If that great a percentage of our population (I saw the poll as well) wants smoking banned in restaurants, let them vote with their feet and pocketbooks. Its much more effective and will save the tax payers the burden of a new "non smoking enforcement" department.