I just received news from one of my coworkers. Michigan passed a public smoking ban. Thank you career politicians for deciding the Michigan public is too stupid to make decisions for themselves. Its not enough to let private business owners decide whether they will allow smoking in their establishment or to allow their customers choose to support such places. Instead the political swine must make that decision by pissing their greater good of society on all of us.

Let the Market Do its Thing
Lets say I own a restaurant called Spit In Your Face. Our motto is that every time you sit down to enjoy your meal, a waitress comes up to you and spits in your face. By the way, Spit In Your Face restaurants make no guarantee about the gender or appearance of your waitress/waiter. Do you imagine Spit In Your Face will have many customers after the first week of business? Perhaps there will be a few that get a kick out of that, but I’ll assume the majority will disapprove and choose other restaurants to frequent. As astute readers will gather there is no need for a law prohibiting restaurant workers from spitting in customer’s faces. People made the choice and my restaurant went out of business. Take this one step further. If people severely disprove of smoking sections in restaurants or bars, why is it that these places are still in business? Let’s say that 50% or even 70% of the Michigan public dislike smoking. Then is it not their right to avoid smoking establishments and frequent the many 100% smoke free restaurants and bars (here’s a list of thousands that have made that choice on their own)? Yes those places might not be very popular, as I can’t even name a popular smoke free bar in Michigan, but the point still stands. No one is putting a gun to anyone’s head forcing them to goto places that allow smoking. If you want restaurants and bars to ban smoking simply remove their economic incentive.

Flight of Michigan’s Youth
Until today I was under the impression that the Michigan moochers in office were working hard to prevent the flight of it’s youth. By hard, I mean pushing some papers around and spewing do-gooder rhetoric. Not only is it impossible for youth out of college to get a decent job around here, they’ve now added a huge restriction on their freedoms. Banning smoking might not seem like a like a vast encroachment on our freedoms, yet it sets the precedence for a nanny state.

The Outcome
I am one of Michigan’s youth. My goal was to create a successful technology company that would excite our youth into staying in Michigan. Well government you just killed that dream. I for one will not live or even think about starting a family in a state that declares war on my freedoms. As soon as I am economically viable I will leave along with my company.

Michigan I will do what liberty loving citizens should do: remove your taxable income and watch you drown in your debt.

Watch this South Park clip that hit’s the nail on the head. You’ll get a kick out of it: