Does the government have nothing better to do?

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In February, according to "AARP Bulletin", the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau 'ordered microbrewery owner Vaune Dillman to cease using his...company's bottle cap slogan: 'Try Legal Weed'. His company, Mt. Shasta Brewing Company, is located in Weed, California. Also imprinted on the beer bottle caps is the slogan, "A Friend in Weed...Is a Friend Indeed". The 62-year-old entrepreneur's appeal of the ATTTB's ruling has been denied. A spokesman for the ATTTB said, "Labels must be truthful and accurate and not misleading....[B]ased on those considerations, we...don't find that bottle cap to be acceptable."
Does our government have nothing better to do with its time or our taxpayer dollars than harrass small business owners over such trivial matters?
This is just one more example of how bloated and useless 'big government' has become, and how far government tentacles reach into the lives of private citizens. 
This is an outrage! It must stop. -RKO-

Annie · Accepted Answer

I don't know if it's just California but I live here & the politics are beyond 'non compos mentis.'
We lived in Crescent City for 10 years. It's a quite small town near the Oregon border, right on the coast. Most of the time tourists drive through it without blinking. A local family ran an attraction called Undersea World, which had small sea mammals & a gift store. It was really delightful for children. Sea World, in San Diego, sued them 'because the name was too similar', and won.( Now, this is a huge business at the other end of the state.) The former 'Undersea' owners were forced to change the name which entailed changing all their signs, advertising, EVERY label in the gift store etc.,etc! It cost them thousands. 
I hope the Mt. Shasta Brewing Company can fight the Treasury. They've been in business for years. Are the Treasury presuming we're all too stupid to know we're not buying Weed. Come on, the town is called Weed.
P.S. The 'weed' capital of California is Arcata!!!!!!!!!!!

Cindy · Answer

I have to agree with Blue Martini's answer.

Some times they have to take a stand even when it is kind of stupid if you will.  They don't want the wrong message being sent out to people that they are endorsing drug use.  We all know that there are those people that would think just that, that they were endorsing drug or the use of drugs if it was put out that way.

Let's face facts that not ever person out there is the sharpest tool in the shed, or the brightest crayon in the box.  Those would be the ones that would think that they were endorsing drug use. lol

Renne · Answer

That was a stupid slogan to start with. If your going to invest money & time into something at least have the smarts to consider what the outcome might be.
The government doesn't want people endorsing drugs.....I don't have a problem with it.

fangtaiyang · Answer

Yes, the government has much more useful things to do with our tax dollars and the time paid for.  Unfortunately, there are and continue to be useless departments that do pretty much useless things.

Anonymous · Answer

Governments are too heavy. Meaning there are too many of them and too many depts chasing too few things to do. Its too intrusive if people can go round reading beer tops.

Pooh Bear · Answer

Soft targets my friend, soft targets.

Spoken Majority · Answer

JUST WAIT UNTIL B. HUSSEN AND HIS BUDDIES GET IN, AND NOW YOU CAN'T FART WITHOUT BUYING CARBON CREDITS.  THEY WANT TO STOP FREE SPEECH WITH THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE.  THIS  IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.

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Does the government have nothing better to do?

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