Let's Win This Fight! By Albert Torcaso
Before I give comment on this matter let me say that while I am very disappointed and a bit jaded with much of humanity I will not give up and I most certainly won't give up on humanity becoming a better more compassionate, loving race.
That said I am disappointed with the voters in California. They had a chance to start saving lives by increasing annual funding for cancer research by over 700 million dollars each year. In Ten years that would have amounted to seven billion dollars. In that time we may have had a cure or treatments that extended the lives and quality of life for millions of Californians and millions of Americans. Instead, below are the results of the election and a loss for prop 29.
The results;
50.8% No to 49.2% Yes
That's right. It was defeated or was it? There are conflicting reports stating that it may have a chance to pass as there are at least 788,000 votes not counted yet, we are speaking of mail-in ballots and provisional ballots. Let us hope that the votes that our counted change the final vote to a yes vote.
Why? Well, it will pay for research on cancer which kills millions of people each year around America and thousands of them live in California. Is it true that the money may be sent out of state? It could be as there are not many research facilities that research cancer in California, but we must ask would the people of California benefit from such treatments and or cures? Would the tax cause a percentage of smokers to quit or reduce their tobacco consumption?
As for singling out smokers here are the facts: Many smokers are low income workers, improvised, elderly, and disabled who receive medical care from the state and that costs hundreds of millions of dollars from Californian taxpayers. Now, that should be enough reason for us to want this tax to discourage people from harming themselves.
I don't single them out because of the cost of their health care. I point out that should they reduce or quit using tobacco as they would save their money and save their lives as well or at least remain healthier barring other life threatening addictions.
Let us remember that the tobacco companies target the very young to smoke as well as the very poor and in truth, they need our children and poor to become addicted as the older adults are getting sick, quitting, or dying from tobaccos products.
Let us also remember that big tobacco had spent forty seven million dollars to stop Prop 29 from passing. Yes, 47 million dollars to deceive the public and to trick them into voting against a proposition that would have saved lives.
My thoughts on all of this. As I stated I am 100& disappointed with Californians who voted against this prop 29. They voted for more deaths as there will be 765 million dollars less in the battle to cure cancer each year that money will not come and there will be deaths as a result. As there will be many more children and teenagers starting to use tobacco as a result of little or no money to fund prevention of tobacco use or awareness programs.
Yes, We watch once again as those with an endless supply of money were able to confuse people just enough to get them to vote against their own interest and future.
They also played on the emotions of people and to be honest on people's greed as in me first.
I know that our nation and world seem to be in a financial meltdown, and that times are tough for you financially, but your life and the lives of others matter. As for the financial crisis would you believe that it is an illusion if I told you it were? it is! Companies are collectively holding three trillion dollars in surplus!
Okay, let us say that prop 29 does in fact fail and yes, I will be upset,the fact however, remains that if it fails we can't change that since people decided to vote against their own interest. We can however, legally, peacefully fight back!
We start by working to get another proposition for a tobacco tax in California and we start to have such a tax in every state in the United States of America and the world.
We work to improve the knowledge of the people who were tricked by the tobacco companies and for that matter we work to educate people on what would have happened and what will happen when these propositions do pass.
Some will say we intend to legislate behavior and to that I would say I want people to live as for overeating, alcohol, drugs and any additions yes, one day I want to see all of them controlled or exterminated. I want people to live, yes, enjoy life which includes some of the addiction, but without an addiction and used in a more healthy manner.
We may never have paradise on earth, but we sure as heck can get very close.
We need to stop the people with endless sources of money from tricking the masses.
Money is not evil it is only a tool to exchange it for goods or services, but there are those who use it to do evil acts and the defeat of prop 29 was indeed an evil act as it will directly cause the deaths of thousands of Californians over the next few years and or decades.
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The time to act for justice, fairness, and what is right is now, and we must not ever retreat in these duties. Albert Torcaso
Sometimes standing up for one makes you a leader of many.
Albert Torcaso
Http://www.humanitymatters.org
Visit my mainstay site.
Copyright 2004 - 2012 Albert Torcaso All Rights Reserved.
That said I am disappointed with the voters in California. They had a chance to start saving lives by increasing annual funding for cancer research by over 700 million dollars each year. In Ten years that would have amounted to seven billion dollars. In that time we may have had a cure or treatments that extended the lives and quality of life for millions of Californians and millions of Americans. Instead, below are the results of the election and a loss for prop 29.
The results;
50.8% No to 49.2% Yes
That's right. It was defeated or was it? There are conflicting reports stating that it may have a chance to pass as there are at least 788,000 votes not counted yet, we are speaking of mail-in ballots and provisional ballots. Let us hope that the votes that our counted change the final vote to a yes vote.
Why? Well, it will pay for research on cancer which kills millions of people each year around America and thousands of them live in California. Is it true that the money may be sent out of state? It could be as there are not many research facilities that research cancer in California, but we must ask would the people of California benefit from such treatments and or cures? Would the tax cause a percentage of smokers to quit or reduce their tobacco consumption?
As for singling out smokers here are the facts: Many smokers are low income workers, improvised, elderly, and disabled who receive medical care from the state and that costs hundreds of millions of dollars from Californian taxpayers. Now, that should be enough reason for us to want this tax to discourage people from harming themselves.
I don't single them out because of the cost of their health care. I point out that should they reduce or quit using tobacco as they would save their money and save their lives as well or at least remain healthier barring other life threatening addictions.
Let us remember that the tobacco companies target the very young to smoke as well as the very poor and in truth, they need our children and poor to become addicted as the older adults are getting sick, quitting, or dying from tobaccos products.
Let us also remember that big tobacco had spent forty seven million dollars to stop Prop 29 from passing. Yes, 47 million dollars to deceive the public and to trick them into voting against a proposition that would have saved lives.
My thoughts on all of this. As I stated I am 100& disappointed with Californians who voted against this prop 29. They voted for more deaths as there will be 765 million dollars less in the battle to cure cancer each year that money will not come and there will be deaths as a result. As there will be many more children and teenagers starting to use tobacco as a result of little or no money to fund prevention of tobacco use or awareness programs.
Yes, We watch once again as those with an endless supply of money were able to confuse people just enough to get them to vote against their own interest and future.
They also played on the emotions of people and to be honest on people's greed as in me first.
I know that our nation and world seem to be in a financial meltdown, and that times are tough for you financially, but your life and the lives of others matter. As for the financial crisis would you believe that it is an illusion if I told you it were? it is! Companies are collectively holding three trillion dollars in surplus!
Okay, let us say that prop 29 does in fact fail and yes, I will be upset,the fact however, remains that if it fails we can't change that since people decided to vote against their own interest. We can however, legally, peacefully fight back!
We start by working to get another proposition for a tobacco tax in California and we start to have such a tax in every state in the United States of America and the world.
We work to improve the knowledge of the people who were tricked by the tobacco companies and for that matter we work to educate people on what would have happened and what will happen when these propositions do pass.
Some will say we intend to legislate behavior and to that I would say I want people to live as for overeating, alcohol, drugs and any additions yes, one day I want to see all of them controlled or exterminated. I want people to live, yes, enjoy life which includes some of the addiction, but without an addiction and used in a more healthy manner.
We may never have paradise on earth, but we sure as heck can get very close.
We need to stop the people with endless sources of money from tricking the masses.
Money is not evil it is only a tool to exchange it for goods or services, but there are those who use it to do evil acts and the defeat of prop 29 was indeed an evil act as it will directly cause the deaths of thousands of Californians over the next few years and or decades.
Save 20% more on their products.
Cure Cancer Please, try every possible way to cure it.Save 20% on your purchase when you use Coupon Code: 20PERCENTOFF
Get a Nook and use it to read e-books and magazines about how to prevent and or cure cancer.
Get your health checked including your dental health to insure that your teeth and mouth are healthy.
This would be a great way to give a gift to someone who is a diabetic or for yourself to enjoy.
Great deals on gifts for yourself or the friends and family.
The time to act for justice, fairness, and what is right is now, and we must not ever retreat in these duties. Albert Torcaso
Sometimes standing up for one makes you a leader of many.
Albert Torcaso
Http://www.humanitymatters.org
Visit my mainstay site.
Copyright 2004 - 2012 Albert Torcaso All Rights Reserved.
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