Crony Capitalism - Bought and paid (into Obama campaign) by the big tobacco companies.
"A tiny amendment buried in the federal transportation bill to be signed today (July 6) by President Barack Obama will put operators of roll-your-own cigarette operations in Las Vegas and nationwide out of business at midnight.
But a few paragraphs added to the transportation bill changed the definition of a cigarette manufacturer to cover thousands of roll-your-own operations nationwide. The move, backed by major tobacco companies, is aimed at boosting tax revenues.
Faced with regulation costs that could run to hundreds of thousands of dollars, RYO machine owners nationwide are shutting down more than 1,000 of the $36,000 machines." [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
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