(I originally read mention of this paper over @ C&S.)
Every tyranny these days is "for the children." It's not for the tax revenue, it's for the children.
Way back in the early 20s there was a movement by a bunch of euphorian, nazi woman's groups to stop the use of alcohol. They wanted a society to match their idea of what society would be all about. They enlisted the help of a powerful Senator from Minnesota. His name was Volstad. He wrote the Volstad act and pushed it through Congress like a bull. Volstad was very left wing, even for his time. He was a socialist, as a matter of fact. Nobody was looking, or thinking, when the Volstad Act was passed and the action of this law was unconstitutional, immoral, and totally without cause or merit, but it passed (The People's representatives must have been asleep). The 'law' did only one thing, it made a whole new class of criminal, the People, the people that wanted to drink. It also made organized crime one whole hell of a lot of money and put them in the billionaire class. By supplying the American people with what they wanted, they put billions of dollars into their coffers. The strength of 'the mob' was a direct result of the Volstad Act, 'prohibition'. It was the 'unintended consequence' of, yet another leftist idea. The freedom we enjoy must be preserved, any freedom. If it is the freedom to have a drink, or the freedom to have a smoke, it doesn't matter.
The Volstad Act was finally struck down by an act of Congress, the 21st Amendment to the Consitution of these here United States. That Act, the Volstad Act, made criminals out of regular, law loving citizens. Any law that makes us, the citizens of this country, criminals is a law that must be stuck down, as it was then.
When we, the people let down our guard, the verman from the left will attack. They will attack our rights because they want to rule us, they want control over all the facets of our lives, and they want, and need, our productivity to fuel their elitist socialist program. Socialism brings everyone down to the lowest common denominator, but raises the 'ruling class' to elite status. Capitalism raises the bar to it's highest, and gives rewards for hard work and dedication. The ideological difference is 180 degrees, and the idea of freedom is imbedded in capitolism. With out a free market, there is no freedom or liberty. The idea that government provides all is a socialist eutpia that has never, and will never, work. Man is meant, by God, to be free and he will fight for that right.
Hmmm, feds protecting feds.