{"id":6358,"date":"2014-04-08T14:10:25","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T18:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/?p=6358"},"modified":"2016-03-24T09:39:34","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T13:39:34","slug":"of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/archives\/6358","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE&#8221; &#8211; NOT!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unacceptable and it must be stopped!<\/p>\n<p>All of the ridiculous bans and taxes are&#8230; well&#8230; ridiculous, however this one will set a very unwanted precedent. This one will shut down businesses and make people lose their jobs and investments. But most importantly, this one will drive people back to smoking.<\/p>\n<p>This needs to be fought by all vendors, manufacturers, and vapers alike. Do you want to go to pre-filled &#8220;Blu&#8221; cartomizers? I certainly DO NOT!<\/p>\n<p>We have a legitimate healthier alternative to smoking based on the studies so far. We are creating jobs. We are building businesses. We are adding to the economy. We are potentially saving lives. So what does our so called &#8220;Of the people, For the people, By the people&#8221; government want to do? Shut it down. For shame&#8230; for shame.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the matter NY? Getting nervous? Losing too much money in taxes as people find their way to the healthier alternative that is vaping? Panicking are you? Is THIS your solution? Put your citizens back on the cigarettes that we KNOW are bad for us? Thank you for your concern.<\/p>\n<p>We continue to be our own worst enemy.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m disgusted.<\/p>\n<p>How about waiting for more facts and science to come in before making such a rash and uneducated decision? Or is &#8220;it looks like smoking&#8221; good enough for you? And IF that science tells us we need to fix things, WE FIX THEM. But don&#8217;t take it away from us. The ONE THING that has worked when all others have failed.<\/p>\n<p>Did I mention I&#8217;m disgusted?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.casaa.org\/2014\/04\/call-to-action-new-york-state-bill.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4673 aligncenter\" alt=\"casaa_logo_black\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/casaa_logo_black.jpg\" width=\"345\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/casaa_logo_black.jpg 345w, https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/casaa_logo_black-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Reddit\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"%22OF%20THE%20PEOPLE%2C%20BY%20THE%20PEOPLE%2C%20FOR%20THE%20PEOPLE%22%20-%20NOT%21%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unacceptable and it must be stopped! All of the ridiculous bans and taxes are&#8230; well&#8230; ridiculous, however this one will set a very unwanted precedent&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent_news","wpcat-15-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}