It's not a case of the government picking on anyone. In society there's a certain freedom, but with freedom comes responsibility, unfortunately some people can't cope with responsibilty or think of others and how things affect them, that's why we have laws.
It's OK for people to bemoan the government and how they're infracting on their civil liberties, but what about the civil liberties of the people they're surrounded by, or the civil liberties of society at large?
I'm betting we all know some lazy-arsed git who drinks, smokes, bets on the gee-gee's almost daily, yet they sponge dole off the government weekly and refuses to work. Then they'll have some chronic illness because they're over-weight, have a disease due to smoking or have pickled their liver through drink. Then they'll clog up the health system but moan about the waiting list and how medical staff are under-paid and then expect a pension at the age of 65 without actually contributing much to paying taxes to help pay for all the things they've abused over the years.
So if the government decideds to make things a little harder for some, so it makes things a lot easier for most, then I'm all for it.
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