From time to time when I'm spacing out in a long line at the grocery store, I'll notice the prices on cigarettes and it just boggles my mind that people pay 7 freaking bucks for a pack of smokes.

Too bad Ramen noodles are like 25 cents a pack. In general, I am not in favor of the ever-invasive government butting further into our lives but I do like the fat tax that's been implemented in some places. However, on the flip side of that coin, if the idiots who create the food pyramid were lobbying for increased taxation on foods they view as bad, we'd be paying $25 per pound of butter and empty, sugar-laden breakfast cereal would be as cheap as Ramen noodles.