Yet Another Sign of Government Failures

The government has failed us and themselves once again. I know it shouldnt really surprise us that much, after all it is a daily occurance now a days. However the failure has permeated into a criminal empire and that has bled into the low lifes that have vowed our demise, the governments favorite enemy (besides our rights of course) Terrorists.

It seems that after all this talk of the dangers of Tobacco, and the governments self-righteous belief that they need to shelter us from all harm, it has spawned into something the government couldn't even imagine.

There is a story on Fox News today about Cigarette Smugglers are sending some of there profits to groups such as Hamas and Al Qaida. It seems that criminal organizations are buy cigarette products in New York from Indian Reservations that can sell them tax free and at a non-government regulated price and the bringing them into large cities in New York and selling them for a much higher regulated price.

As always when the government tries to put their hand on something to artificially regulate something, it always goes wrong. This is the governments attempt to outlaw tobacco products, they regulate the products or service to manipulate the price high to stifle demand, but demand doesn't go down, they just acquire the product illegally. Need an example, look no further that another failed attempt of a Socialistic agenda of Alcohol Prohibition in this country in the early part of the last century.

It is time to call for the governments end to price manipulation and regulation. Let the free market handle things for itself. When true competition is allowed to run free everyone wins because value increases, prices decreases, and government can't righteously screw things up.

In this case, governments screw up only funds the exact organization that they have "sworn" to defeat. How can you defeat an enemy that you help fund (even indirectly)? That would be like the US giving money to England in WWII to give to the Nazi's that they were also at war with. Just doesn't make sense, But its the government, so why should it!

Viva Liberty!