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Quote by: gela  Government:
Hey scientists, I want you to find out what causes lung cancer - here have some money
Scientists:
Thanks government, we will now go off and study lung cancer.
later..
Scientists:
We found that smoking causes lung cancer
Government:
Smoking? no way. Here have some more money and prove it for me.
Scientists:
Ok.
later..
Scientists:
We still found that smoking causes lung cancer.. so did all these other countries. I supose it must be true.
Government:
Wow.. so smokings bad for you.. never would have guessed. Can you check and make sure it doesn't have any other harmful effects?
Meanwhile, we will make sure the population is aware of these results.
Seems like a logical, and reasonable way to go about things. Im very happy that the government spends money on diseases.
To be able to cure something, you need to know what causes it.
That is what governments are doing when they fund smoking research.
Well.. the health care one doesn't apply so much for me.. we have a health care system, and our government is probably saving money with the adds. Less smoking = less smoking related health problems = more health care money for other things. |
Government.
Gee, Dow Chemical and the Oil Industry are worred about those environmentalists who want to regulate them, they are going to pull funding from our party if we do not stop. What can we do?
Advisers.
Distract them from protesting big oil with a switch and bate tactic. Just fund some research that shows a link between smoking and those illnesses that are caused by oil and chemical products.
Government.
But what about the funding we get from the tobacco industry?
Adviser.
Don't worry, people are addicted and will smoke anyway, so the tobacco industry will still make a tidy profit. You can even offer them grant money to grow something else.
Government.
Okay. but once we do that we will need a lot of advertising to brainwash people.
Adviser.
Give TV networks a tax break for airing those "educational" spots.
Government.
Sounds like a winner. Let's do it.
25 years later: Bush removes regulations on oil industry and lowers the standards for how much industrial polution can be in the air.
Oil Industry lobby and Government.
it worked, we sure pulled a fast one on those environmentalists.