There's nothing about the morality of pushing an addictive substance into undeveloped countries for profit. On we go to the tourbus. Both Vicki, our guide, and the bus are decorated in the red and white Marlboro color scheme. The place kinda reeks. It's also not exactly the most enlightened workplace.
Workers wear drone uniforms, but supervisors get to wear their regular clothes.
And whereas the executive suites have a lovely view of the facility's gardens and landscaping, the windows on the manufacturing floor are silvered, reflecting the giant machines back into the face of any worker seeking the sun. Hard to tell how much money this all makes, but Vicki says that Philip Morris pays 6.5 million dollars to the government every day. How much of that goes to Jesse Helms and Lauch Faircloth isn't specified, but it's not hard to see why the War on Drugs doesn't include nicotine. Matter of fact, last year's Congressional inquiry into nicotine levels was mostly wiped out when Gingrich appointed Philip Bliley, from Philip Morris' home district, to head the very committee doing the inquiry. Bliley and Gingrich both have tobacco dollars in their pockets.