US Politics
Frozen Lasagna and the Hot Mess of Arbitrary Taxation: A Case Study in Government Overreach
A California tax agency ruled that a small business's frozen lasagna is taxable as 'hot prepared food' because it requires reheating, illustrating the arbitrary and often illogical nature of tax policy. This absurd bureaucratic overreach crushes small entrepreneurs under the weight of a system designed not for fairness, but for revenue extraction, revealing a deep rot in how government treats its citizens.
