"the first gay President" gets into bed with Phillip Morris

[gunsmith]

http://www.suntimes.com/business/13589276-420/roll-your-own-cigarette-stores-going-up-in-smoke.html

“They’re basically making us follow the same regulations as big tobacco,” Valenti said, “But [we can’t] reap the same rewards.”

Valenti calls it a “killing” of small businesses and said closing his stores means his 21 employees lose their jobs.

I am glad I quit, but putting these small businesses out of business really sucks big time.

[MrsSmith]

Small business hasn't been encouraged or supported in this country for a long time.

[roo_ster]

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigarette.

[Perd Hapley]

If you'd just listen to the President, you'd know why this makes sense. He told us the private sector was doing fine. He told us that economic growth depends on public sector employment. So obviously, you would want to pass new reg's, to hire more regulators. We can afford to sacrifice a few private sector jobs, since the public sector jobs really grow government the economy.