Profit Is A Reward For

Give Politicians Power And It Certainly Will Be Abused Eventually - If Not By Today's Politicians, Then By Their Successors.

Government Seems To Operate On The Principle That If Even One Individual Is Incapable Of Using His Freedom Competently, No One Can Be Allowed To Be Free.

You Can't Give The Government The Power To Do Good Without Also Giving It The Power To Do Bad - In Fact, To Do Anything It Wants.

There Are No Violent Gangs Fighting Over Aspirin Territories. There Are No Violent Gangs Fighting Over Whisky Territories Or Computer Territories Or Anything Else That's Legal. There Are Only Criminal Gangs Fighting Over Territories Covering Drugs, Gambling, Prostitution, And Other Victimless Crimes. Making A Non-violent Activity A Crime Creates A Black Market, Which Attracts Criminals And Gangs, Which Turns What Was Once A Relatively Harmless Activity Affecting A Small Group Of People Into A Widespread Epidemic Of Drug Use And Gang Warfare.

Asset Forfeiture Is A Mockery Of The Bill Of Rights. There Is No Presumption Of Innocence, No Need To Prove You Guilty (or Even Charge You With A Crime), No Right To A Jury Trial, No Right To Confront Your Accuser, No Right To A Court-appointed Attorney (even If The Government Has Just Stolen All Your Money), And No Right To Compensation For The Property That's Been Taken.