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Free Choice Up in Smoke?

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Free Choice Up in Smoke?

Published: Mon, 22 Jun 2009

Description: Libertarian Wayne Allyn Root on why Obama's smoking bill is burning individual lifestyles.

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" More power to regulate tobacco products with a new law signed today the President Obama so why stop there today tobacco. Target twinkies tomorrow when Allen group outraged -- libertarian has never -- the cigarette in his life. But finds big government up far more dangerous and hard to -- kaput and smoking. So it's just an added time you think before they start moving over to other vices them."

" Well listen prohibitions never worked late Utley I was with you totally I -- OK I don't want to break I don't mind that I. What a great man by the -- back to -- that. I always -- any kind of reminds me of Ross Perot. Other like common these days no money back to give the money back -- interest and in a lot of I would that it wouldn't go that route when I just don't know. I don't want to talk about cigarettes what's good thing about the last interview deal is that."

" Ford didn't take the government money -- right so they can make a muscle car. They can make an expensive muscle car the use a lot of yes. You can ever get back kind of creativity and innovation or style for GM or Chrysler because Obama won't allow it to happen. Government is a failure it stifles innovation. And they're not going to succeed at GM or Chrysler putting him."

" Yeah I think don't think -- what you say and and and -- of course was being a lot more discreet and an interview with me because -- a lot of friends of all the auto companies. But the fact of the matter is it could've chosen any company don't -- with a product you Jones's old friends -- forward spent actually much more of his career and grocer. Andy was saying something was he nine. About the good intentions of the good but big government ride this thing is to you and I was starting with the Iran. Whether it's cars tobacco -- anything the government gets into it. There's a hard time getting out."

" And where's it going to leave them that you mention twinkies well."

" You know we've got a nation that's obese economic health not on the -- not and I pop my vitamin pills I work out every -- and I would never step foot in McDonald's. But I would also never tell you really do not what I would never stop going to mcdonalds I've ever spent a."

" Come no I haven't been -- 1030 years my kids."

" Yeah we got four kids ranging from seventeen years to seventeen months and they've never been to McDonald's in their life. And if I can -- I like that and."

" wait a minute the seventeen year old has ever been to mcdonalds and never I want -- lie detector -- on a seventeen year old. On June all right so you -- you know unless you personally look if you're out you don't think that's the government's job to do that."

" Now could the government feels that it again and again and everything they do deal. You know what you think about prohibition of alcohol did not work out well of course not didn't stop anyone from drinking. Of course not all it did was allow organized crime to control the alcohol industry that created. Meyer Lansky and and all the other you know all the other career criminals Al Capone."

" You name -- lucky the Seattle they were all there."

" has not only lead my people lot of it. Yeah all I'm saying -- a -- but you're saying that what happens here is the government gets too big for its bridges and it causes unintended consequences. There is -- flip side of the differences smoking did did to give them about a down on us. That if we -- this in. We rain our health costs and other words something that has been sucking dollars from the -- that you -- now if you don't buy."

" You can't trust god the number one now its cigarettes what's next number two freedom. People want to smoke the constitution doesn't give the government the right to stop you from smoking. But let's take the unintended consequences. You just said that health costs are expensive and government has the right idea in mind. But how about this one to yell yell help -- must go up when people smoke but Social Security plus go down. Let all smokers they're all gonna die before they're 65. It's gonna think this country trillions of dollars you know there are consequences to every. Decision the government makes good and when people make and sometimes it's the opposite of what you think."

" Well the -- the obvious opposite is that everyone live longer healthier lives you know we have a lot more people living longer and hands of caustic. A lot anyway but yeah -- a bit more. Fat cells so where does this however I think it is a matter time before they do go after some of these other vices and good intentions gone but the bottom line is. It uses the wheels spin."

" Listen I feel the same way listen I'm not a drinker I haven't had a drink in thirty years and it's not because -- was -- alcoholic I've never been one."

" I just never liked the way people acting when they drank."

" And I'd like to be controlling myself I'm never going to do you don't drink I don't go to mcdonalds how could we possibly I don't I don't do it. I don't smoke I you know I'm I'm just back kind of gotten -- this guy on the hope not the jackal late for my age you know."

" But but having said that I would never stop someone else from doing those things. And it's not my business to stop someone else because people are allowed to do what they want to do. You know I'm a fan of online gambling I'd like to play online poker but the government says that's a legal. Where does it end -- You cannot know what's -- place gave up."

" Poker in my own home on my own computer at my own money they don't like that."

" You smoke a cigarette they don't like that means stopping mcdonalds they don't like that may have you drink they don't like that what is it that Barack Obama actually wants us all to do."

" And could occasionally you know where -- telling -- they don't like you been on that good news at that time. -- but here's a good example of why you know government is good intentions but it never works out. You don't Barack Obama now doesn't want us to drill offshore back to kind of car and the gasoline issue."

" George Bush said let's get rid of the offshore ban and what the price of -- do. It's really went a 147. A barrel to 32 barrel I just before --"

" Up no more ban on offshore drilling Obama gets elected president."

" At all of us are now back to pay three dollars a gallon and I'm sure it's gonna be 45 C that the gallant. It's his fourth in its government's fault that we're spending more money on gas is valued --"

" We have this I don't -- them to be very at a government blues you know crisis financial crisis having slowed down things picking up -- partly but not exclusively. Know that you know that's what the reason traders now are now saying let's get the price up because it would not going to be drilling aren't well when I -- try to sit still. Government makes that decision yeah exactly -- eleven -- go exercise and whatever but don't stop by the Kennedys whenever you Wayne Allyn root and most thanks for."

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