Things the gov should force upon the people?
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Our Government in the UK is attempting to force people to give up smoking by never allowing children turning 15 this year (or younger) to legally be allowed to buy cigarettes.
While this might seem like a positive step it's really not going to work. Making something illegal because you were born in a different year is nonsensical. In thirty years time you'll have a couple aged 44 and 45 where one can buy cigarettes and one cannot. How do you police that?
Taxing cigarettes to the point where they are largely unaffordable has already been tried and resulted in an illicit trade. Prohibition in America was a classic example of what happens when you attempt to criminalize such things. An inevitable rise in organized crime and a decline in tax revenue.
In my view education is the key, not prohibition.
One thing I can think of that should be enforced in the UK is water companies should be stopped from pumping waste water into our rivers and sea.
While this might seem like a positive step it's really not going to work. Making something illegal because you were born in a different year is nonsensical. In thirty years time you'll have a couple aged 44 and 45 where one can buy cigarettes and one cannot. How do you police that?
Taxing cigarettes to the point where they are largely unaffordable has already been tried and resulted in an illicit trade. Prohibition in America was a classic example of what happens when you attempt to criminalize such things. An inevitable rise in organized crime and a decline in tax revenue.
In my view education is the key, not prohibition.
One thing I can think of that should be enforced in the UK is water companies should be stopped from pumping waste water into our rivers and sea.
I feel like the government forces a lot of things on people already. They have a ton of laws for every little thing there is lol.
I don't think the government should force anything upon the people. They should let the people be, and just try their hardest to make the country better than it is currently IMO.
UniqueGrace
Reputable
Forcing things on people isn't ethical and straight up. It's like caging someone not to have his or her freedom.
There are some certain things that the government can make a necessity but not to be a force to the people. Such as:
-Taking their vaccinations
-Compulsory education
-Always remember to use your seatbelts; the deaths that have occurred because of no seatbelt is quite alarming
-Environmental cleanliness
There are some certain things that the government can make a necessity but not to be a force to the people. Such as:
-Taking their vaccinations
-Compulsory education
-Always remember to use your seatbelts; the deaths that have occurred because of no seatbelt is quite alarming
-Environmental cleanliness
Min George
Familiar Face
One thing that government should enforce on the people is education. Every parent should be forced to send their children to the appropriate schools till they turn 18. No negotiations. On the other hand, the government can't force the people to vote.
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