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Originally Posted by Ken Moss
A good point, well made. But the cigarettes.....?
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Again, until people on low incomes have it tattooed on their foreheads, personally I can't tell who can, and who can't, afford to spend their money on whatever they want.
What you will find is that historically, those at the lower end of the income scale, tend to spend a larger percentage of their income on things that help them cope with life, such things as alcohol and tobacco.
Personally I'd never be so condescending to criticise anyone's lifestyle choices, but then again I'm not hoping to win people's confidence, and secure their votes at the ballot box, because if I was I'd fear I'd have shot myself in the foot, by alienating myself from the reality of other people's lives.