The House speaker belittled the US$368.5 billion tobacco settlement and said it will be difficult for Congress to approve the plan this year, The Wall Street Journal reports. Gingrich called the proposal an "insider deal cut in a backroom" that might "create a monopoly, suspend free speech, raise taxes, and transfer wealth to trial lawyers."
Gingrich on Tobacco Deal
The House speaker belittled the US$368.5 billion tobacco settlement and said it will be difficult for Congress to approve the plan this year, The Wall Street Journal reports. Gingrich called the proposal an "insider deal cut in a backroom" that might "create a monopoly, suspend free speech, raise taxes, and transfer wealth to trial lawyers."
