[elkfersupper]

Jefferson didn’t want me to subsidize my neighbor’s bad habits.

I don't think Jefferson had the slightest notion that adjudication of habits, good or bad, would ever fall under the purview of government.

[muawiyah]

Jefferson grew up in a slave owning society and he knew more about government adjudication of personal habits than any of us will ever know. It was of grave concern to him.