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["Franklin W. Davis" <Parsons2 AT attbi.com>]

   Hi Ed...a rose by any other name is still a rose...as us Maine country
folks would say...:-)...anyway I'm sure other company's are gonna feel the
sting...as you say...before all is said and done....makes me wanna go back
to school and take up lawyerin'...and leave the tatter growin' to someone
else..:-)...Franklin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Clifford" <hmdrawrod AT citlink.net>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 8:58 PM
Subject: [market-farming] Re: Organic tobacco?


> Franklin:
>           This has not been extortion from the Tobacco companies. More
like
> collusion between Government and Tobacco companies to charge huge "sin"
> taxes on a commodity. Under the guise of using money for anti-smoking,
> health care, etc. What % do you think went for that?  The next target is
> "fatty" foods. It has already started in NY, lawyers are suing Burger
> establishments, it is only a matter of time before the Attorney General
> joins the suits.
>                                           Ed Clifford
>                                         Shale Rock Farm
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> >     Hi Rick...alot has been said about the tobacco business here...but
> noone
> > has mentioned the legal extortion of hundreds of billions of dollars
from
> > the tobacco company's...Franklin
> >
>
>
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