Questions: Society & Politics

After all, as an ex gambler, I feel like I already know the answer: no and that super is different because that's out of my control/decided by super aka pension companies whatever it's invested in. Going back to personal investing, is it worthwhile or just another folly for suckers? Lol. Like gambling and gamblers "fools money" for the fools and only say 2 percent winners. Lol

My state has some of the lowest cigarette taxes in the country. We also have one of the highest rates of smoking and one of the highest poverty rates.

Both men and women with incomes below the federal poverty level had a significantly higher smoking prevalence than those who lived at or above the poverty level. This means that people on public assistance: housing aid, Medicaid, SNAP, etc are more likely to smoke.

Children living with smokers are at greater risk for bronchiolitis, pneumonia and other respiratory infections. They are also more likely to acquire and be hospitalized for asthma and develop middle-ear disease. Moreover, they are at increased risk of dying before their fifth birthday. Given the cost that smokers cost on society by using taxpayer funded healthcare to cover their lung disease and heart disease, and missed days at work, accidental fires, etc. Should cigarette taxes be raised?

Every year, smoking costs the U. S. more than $300 billion, which includes both medical care and lost productivity. Unfortunately, some people will have to pay more depending on the state in which they live. The Societal Costs of Smokers

Her Wikipedia page consistently refers to her as "HIM" and states that she was transgender, but she never had sexual reassignment surgery of suffered from gender dysmorphia. She lived life as a man because she wanted to be a jazz musician and back then America Number 1 was a backwards sexist society and women weren't allowed to be musicians. This kind of stuff happened in many cultures. The only thing I think she took too far was having relationships with women who believed she was a man.

Korla Pandit was actually a black man named John Roland Redd who posed as an Indian, because America Number 1 didn't allow black people to be musicians, but no one is referring to him as an "Indian man" or "transracial", in the same way they're doing to Billy Tipton.