Harmony School, 1992, Page 167

Description:	• • Friends, I want to talk to you about evil, pure unadulterated evil perpetuated by the . •basest of emotions--GREED & POWER. Friends, I’m talking big-time BAD; the kind of ••HI, bad that takes lifetimes to build. I’m talking TOBACCO COMPANIES. These s-o-bs • e. / with their advertising sucker-bait are scum. No, worse than scum-scum hasits place. The TOBACCO COMPANIES have bilked, bought, and lobbied their placeI into a corporate superpower. And friends, let me tell you, they’re mighty good . w •J at LINING PEOPLES POCKETS. That’s what we’re talking about-MONEY. It’s ’•• •JL- n°t the cigarettes themselves that we defend, it’s the money they create that .Hh keeps this monstrosity going. And look at who’s making a buck-the farmer, the .,banker, the processor. The guy who owns the corner store makes •MARTY BelcHeR. money. The insurance companies makeI money. The doctors, lawyers, morticiansmake money. The advertising executives,the magazine publishers, the billboardMi owners all make money. The stock holders,the stock brokers, Wall Street, all makemoney. The sports establishment, the■JP politicians, the lobbyists all make money.BB The owners of restaurants and bars make• • 4 money. The state and federal government all^1. make money. All these groups have a vestedIB interest in keeping Philip Morris and R.J.: • • * ‘ Reynolds strong. They talk aboutConstitutional rights-they don’t give a damn■I about Constitutional rights. It’s MONEY,friends, money for people. And we’re willing togive it to them-500,000 people last year to■J keep the tobacco machine oiled. 500,000p volunteers to keep Jesse Helms in power.Lm Your mother, your father, your teenager-Hj all SACRIFICED for the Gross NationalProduct. China, South American, the SouthIjp Pacific SACRIFICED to lower our trade deficit.I And, friends, it’s done right under our noses,^7 in slick four-color ads. It’s a DAMN SHAME.
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Collection:	Harmony School

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