Quote:I agree, just look at the new law they're trying to pass in Florida that will "regulate" the beer industry. It basically only hit independent microbrews and forces them into wildly unfair distribution deals with the large beer companies. That thing might as well have been written by Anheuser-Busch themselves. 

Quote:If that were true cigarette companies wouldn't exist.

 

The free market is a great tool when there is true competition but it always tend towards a monopoly where a single company takes control of most or the entire market. That's why you need at least a base level of regulation so as the at least ensure fair competition and prevent price gouging.