One aspect of the law that I find constraining, but necessary is taxation. It can be very disheartening to look at what your paycheck should have been before the removal of income taxes. What if I had absolutely needed that money to repair my car? What if I had absolutely wanted that money to buy new shoes. Regardless, it infringes on my freedom to use the money I earn as I please. But I also understand that without these taxes, there would be no funding for roads, public education, Social Security, jobs for state employees (such as my mother), etc. All great things. I really don't see an alternative to taxation, so I guess it is somewhat of a necessary evil. Sometimes I wonder if it is fair, though, to tax some things more than others, such as the added tax to cigarettes.
One aspect of the law that I find unnecessarily constraining are the "blue laws", or laws devoted to enforce the observation of Sunday as a religious day. Restrictions range from when stores can have their business hours on Sundays to if restaurants can serve alcohol. As a business, these laws constrain your profit substantially. The restaurant/sports bar I work at isn't even open on Sundays because it isn't profitable for them to not sell alcohol. Where I am from originally, the mall is technically in two different counties and the blue laws are different in those counties concerning the operating hours for businesses. So technically half of the mall could be opened an hour earlier than the other half. How absurd is that? I think mainly to avoid confusion, the all of the stores open at the same time, but why should they have to have this restriction? As a consumer, it is limiting as well. If you forgot to stock your fridge for Super Bowl Sunday, in most cases, you are out of luck. These laws are completely unnecessary, and are definitely constraining.
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