Tobacco had money. The politicians couldn’t stand to see a pile of money out there and not go grab it. Now they’ve killed tobacco, they need to find another pile of money to go after. This decade, it’s the turn of soft-drink manufacturers with fast food close behind.
When they’ve been bled dry, what’s next?
Directly to the taxpayers, who will hopefully then revolt.
Faced with the choice of working at forced labor for various governments at the level I am now, or even more....I will just cease doing it altogether.
Atlas Shrugged.