Quote Originally Posted by cstone View Post
The smaller producers would eventually be gobbled up by larger producers and those large corporate producers/distributors would become the evil wealthy corporations who don't pay enough taxes. See history of tobacco and distilled spirits industry in the United States.

The power of government would be turned against the small producers who could not produce enough to pay the regulatory burden easily borne by large corporate producers.
Evil corporations don't pay taxes. Taxes and regulatory fees are passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices. Business 101.