(Source: cagle.com)

a little optimism (and a lot of privilege) and maybe you too can live the ‘American Dream’ 

“The invisible hand of Adam Smith seems to offer an extended middle finger to an awful lot of people” ~ George Carlin

Proposition 29 is a proposal in California for a fairly small increase in cigarette tax to raise over $700 million for cancer research. It is estimated the change will prevent over 104,000 premature smoking-caused deaths. Big tobacco, naturally, has been throwing literally millions of dollars at fighting Proposition 29 in adverts where they have repeatedly been accused of lying. The vote is in early June.

References news that J P Morgan Chase has just lost billions of dollars through the same kind of reckless activities which contributed to the financial meltdown of 2008. However, the notion that either of the major political parties will effectively regulate the corporate cash-cows that pour so much money into their campaigns is probably pie in the sky.