Letter to the Editor: Don’t tread on me!

People don’t like taxes on gasoline, labels on food, or restrictions on guns, sex, or gambling. People want to be able to smoke on airplanes and in restaurants.

Folks don’t want to have to get drivers licenses, business licenses, marriage licenses or licenses to practice medicine. Business people don’t want any curbs on interest charged for loans, or monopolies.

People hate property taxes on their homes after their kids have left school. Many people don’t even want compulsory education or labor laws for children.

Why should people have to put up with restrictions on water use or use of land and buildings? Speaking of land, folks hate to have to get a passport to travel, or pay respect to immigration laws. Much easier to just cross the river.

A whole lot of people would rather just take something they like rather than have to pay for it.

Face it, millions of people would rather just get all the benefits of being an American without having to play their part in providing for the peace and security, safety and health of their neighbors.

Kimball Shinkoskey

Woods Cross, Utah