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Re:Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing. by h34t on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @12:12PM (#65296)
Certainly taxes help, but this would target the money that isn't going into taxes -- I think there's still enough profit in the tobacco industry for a project like this to have a shot at working.

Thanks for the interesting link. I like their idea a little, but I see donating some portion of revenues to Native American charities as a far cry from hitting the nail directly on the head with a "real" mission-driven non-profit.

Re:Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing. by gscott on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @05:04PM (#65474)
The tobacco taxes have been misspent. In San Diego none of the tobacco tax money went to health care. Zero, not one percent of it.
Re:Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing. by rms on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @02:45PM (#65391)
Especially because Natural American Spirit was acquired by a Big Tobacco company.