And the nanny do-gooders are getting worse every day. No more live and let live. There is always some group today that wants to conform us to their way of thinking.
Just shoot me first. I was brought up with Freedom of Choice.
Which is why I now support all the new sin taxes. We need new taxes on Twinkies, all fast food, pop, and especially sporting goods. NYC is planning a ban on trans fat in food: great.
One argument was that smokers cost society money, fine. So do all the people who are out doing sporting events. Runners? They fall down. Mountain climers? They get lost or break bones by falling down. All these sporting people are a drain on society.
We need to raise taxes on any behavior that costs society money.
Give me a second, I need to crank up the turntable so I can put on my broken record: These legislatures doing what we don't want them to do are the same legislatures who would be voting on naturalized citizens being eligible for the presidency and other possible constitutional amendments. They cannot be counted on to prevent a President Ahnold or President Jennifer, nor prevent James and Joseph from getting hitched across the land if it comes down to an amendment. The Framers assumed responsive state legislatures, but these are anything but.