The federal government continues to put itself on the level of pimps and drug dealers

Smokers feeling abused as federal tax hike hits

Every time I hear about state or federal governments exacting what amounts to a 'sin tax' on products they consider to be immoral or harmful, it drives me crazy. To publicly decry cigarettes or alcohol, then turn around and make money hand over fist off the sale of said items is indistinguishable from a pimp who is ostensibly a figurehead against prostitution or a drug dealer who is ostensibly a figurehead in the war on drugs. The only things worst than pimps and drug dealers are pimps and drug dealers who happen to be hypocrites.

Congratulations government, you continue to put yourself on the level of hypocritical pimps and drug dealers.

*I neither advocate nor oppose the use of cigarettes or alcohol*