TOBACCO SETTLEMENT DEAL
I am quite puzzled with the tobacco settlement.
Tobacco companies sell killer cigarettes, pocket the money and give some of it to the government on the side. The government takes the money, gives immunity to tobacco companies that allows them to sell deadly cigarettes which kill hundreds of thousands of people and make millions others sick.
Unlike other settlements, which remedy past wrong, this tobacco deal would permit tobacco companies to continue their wrongdoing into the future. Yet, some people and our elected officials tell us that our government is looking out for its people's well-being.