Gibson Guitar Company Raided

The U.S. government has once again made it difficult to do business in the U.S. This time they raided an American company over unfounded accusations of violations of an archaic law. You'd think after years of choking on the country's debt the government would want to be more friendly toward domestic businesses. But no. They want to raid them with armed men.

In this specific instance, the feds raided two Gibson factories in Tennessee. The claim is that Gibson violated the Lacey Act, an early 20th century act, signed by President McKinley, that prohibits the trade of goods that were taken illegally from their country of origin. In the case of Gibson, the allegations are that some of their wood was exported from Indian prior to being finished by Indian workers.

I can think of hundreds of rational ways to deal with the allegations, but none of them include raiding the factory with armed men and confiscating the raw materials. The fed's actions rash actions cast undeserved doubt on one of America's most iconic companies and damage the international opinion of American products.

Good job, federal government - you masochistic bastard.