File Under: That's Outrageous!!!
regarding how the $246 billion dollar tobacco settlement money is being used:
North Carolina, perhaps with an eye toward giving something back to the smokers whose money is financing the settlement, spent $40 million to upgrade tobacco farmers curing furnaces so they could produce better tobacco. In a defense of the move, House Majority Leader Phil Baddour (D) told CBS News the economic health of the state is dependent on tobacco. We are doing a good thing, he said.
Less comprehensible, perhaps, are the decisions by seven states to invest a portion of their settlement funds in tobacco company stocks.
Since this article was written (2002), at least nine more states have invested in tobacco companies with their settlement money.
I am steaming!!!!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/22/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 169
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 6,760
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1,149.20
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 23 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 2 [B]Seconds:[/B] 30
