In Response to Gov Kaine's tax proposal.

This whole discussion is ludicrous. The fact is that social welfare programs have sucked down the taxes that were to go for infrastructure and defense. The politicians are trying to find ways to tax that will cause the least consternation amongst the voters. Since smoking is 'bad' for you, then even those who will bear the brunt of this tax increase will not be inclined to oppose it. McDonalds food is 'bad' for us as well. How long before an extra tax is levied there? The thing I really ask and often is where does it end??? How long before the pretense is abandoned? How long before government simply gets the fruits of our labors first and then apportions to us that which we need by some subjective standard? This has got to stop!!! When will we as individuals realize that it is our duty to say no!! How much longer do we let government shove it's morality down our throats. How much responsibility do we surrender? The government has, in my lifetime, decreed that driving without a seatbelt is criminal. In other words, acting in a manner risky to one's own safety is not a matter for the individual any longer. So by the same logic, government can punish any risky behavior. Maybe skydiving will be illegal next. Then after that comes having a desert if you are fat. Does it seem I have gone off on a tangent? I assure you that I have not. The ever increasing taxes and the ever increasing intrusions into our lives are indicative of a pattern that can be observed going back to the beginning of the 1900s. Does this have to proceed to it's inevitable conclusion? Do we have to live in a worker's paradise like Cuba?