I have no problem with the FDA protecting us from adulterated food products, but that’s not what these people were prosecuted for. They were prosecuted by Homeland Security for not paying a punitive tariff on Chinese honey. They broke the law and paid the price, but I don’t think the government ought to be driving consumer prices up by charging punitive tariffs to keep competing commodities out. They do it for other industries, too. Basically picking winners and losers, like they often do with the tax code as well.
Gosh, I agree, but some people think that tariffs are necessary for US products to compete.
I know a fellow who patented an air conditioner for bee hives, so the worker bees could all go foraging, and not have some staying at home cooling the hive by fanning air through the tunnels.
Didn’t make any money off it. He would have had to find and sue bee keepers who violated his patent, and that wasn’t a winning game.