Bothered

You know something that bothers me? Selective government price fixing of privately produced products, that’s what. I’m talking tax here, of course.

Now, I accept (for the moment that is, until someone persuades me otherwise) that some tax on the products that we buy is necessary for various state sponsored reasons that currently slip my mind but what I do not accept is the governments right to selectively charge higher rates of tax depending on the product.

It’s unfair on producers and an immoral act of coercion against the consumer. The state has no right (and I’m talking about my rights here, not yours) to interfere with my selection of what legal product I buy and in what quantity I buy it.