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This Is A Hallmark Trait Of The Left. There Is Never Any Effort To Elevate Anybody. Liberalism Is All About Tearing Down. Liberalism Is All About Lowering. It Is All About Destroying 'em.

Point Is, You Can't Find A Country On Earth With A Higher Standard Of Living. You Can't Find A Country Higher Than America. You Can't Find A Place On Earth Where The Opportunity To Grow Your Standard Of Living, As An Individual, Is Greater Than The United States Of America. Capitalism May Not Be Perfect, But It's Better Than Anything Else That's Out There.

The Point Is, Folks, For People On The Left - And I Don't Care What Kind Of Clothes They Wear, Or Where They Live, People On The Left, America Is Guilty. And There Is Not A Set Of Facts In The World That's Gonna Change It. There's Not A Set Of Facts In The World That's Gonna Change Anybody's Mind.

The Federal Government, State Governments Will Not Do Without That Tax Revenue From Tobacco No Matter What. I've Always Thought It Was One Of The Most Contradictory Setups That We Have, Because Everything Said Publicly About The Product Is Intended To Besmirch It, Impugn It, And Do The Same Thing To The People That Use It. And Yet Here's The Government Scoring, I Mean, You Want To Talk About Obscene Profits, The Government Doesn't Do A Damn Thing But Stick Its Hand In. The Government Taxes Tobacco At Every Stage. It Taxes Tobacco When The Farmer's Thinking About Planting It.

I Have A Story Here, And It Dovetails With This. You Won't Believe This. At Ohio State, The Ohio State University, You Have To Know The Rules Before You Decide To Kiss Somebody. Both Sides Have To Know The Rules. Not Kidding.