Nanny State lives

Ok, we need a new voter initiative in California. ANY politician who, while in office, is guilty of political grandstanding and hypocrisy should be used for animal research to spare the mice and rabbits.

What does the above have to do with the title? Well, the California Legislature is considering a bill that would ban smoking in a car if there is a minor child in the car.

The reasons given for the bill are the usual, its for the health of the children.

So where is the hypocrisy? Simple, California gets a LOT of money from cigarette taxes and the decrease in smoking is hurting the state programs financed by cigarette taxes.

So if the legislature really wanted to "fix" this problem, they should just outlaw the sale of cigarettes, cigars and smokeless tobacco products in the State of California. People would have to go out of state to get their smokes but most would not be able to do that on a regular basis so the number of smokers would decline by 70 to 90%. Of course California would lose all that tax money on cigarette sales so they will never do it. The hypocrites should be used for medical testing instead of innocent animals for making such an asinine measure.

Full disclosure, I don't smoke, never have and wish my mom would quit, I still think the law is stupid and don't want the government to be my nanny.