Because the government knows how to take care of our health better than we do, the government has taken responsibility for health care away from us.
Then, because it costs the government more to care for people who smoke, the government has raised the price of a pack of cigarettes to the point that many smokers are challenged to buy a full pack of cigarettes at a time.
Then, in order to stop people from buying just a single cigarette, a "loosie", the government has outlawed such sales.
Then, because the people dared to ignore such laws and flagrantly sell individual cigarettes outside of convenience stores, the government now wished to impose draconian measures against such stores in order to put them out of business.
Did I miss anything here?
I am reminded of a phrase from the Declaration of Independence which speaks of a "long train of abuses". How is this sequence not such a "long train"?
In response to such abuses by THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT, our Founders declared independence from such tyranny, knowing full well that the government response would eventually be to disarm them and then kill them until they obeyed.
Can somebody explain to me what is different now?
This madness is now law in Philadelphia:
It is time for the store-owners to pack up and leave—while they can do so in one piece.