Re:America Has a Black-Market Problem, Not a Drug Problem
by ignostic on Monday March 17, 2014 @07:56PM
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> abusing your own health does have a victim: the taxpayer.
Both this and your gambling example lead us down a very scary path where the government is in charge of your health. I hate to use words republicans use when they don't apply, but that's a nanny state at best or a 1984-style dictatorship at worst. Perhaps we shouldn't be subsidizing poor choices in the first place. In any case, there are better solutions than the use of force and criminal penalties.
As for bigamy, I think you'll agree that a historical correlation doesn't imply an inseparable causality.
Both this and your gambling example lead us down a very scary path where the government is in charge of your health. I hate to use words republicans use when they don't apply, but that's a nanny state at best or a 1984-style dictatorship at worst. Perhaps we shouldn't be subsidizing poor choices in the first place. In any case, there are better solutions than the use of force and criminal penalties.
As for bigamy, I think you'll agree that a historical correlation doesn't imply an inseparable causality.