Life imitates Art?

So, let me get this straight...

The president of the United States, the champion of "the little guy" and small businesses - who himself smokes cigarettes on the sly and wolfs down all kinds of things his wife tells the rest of us "little guys" we shouldn't eat - (and who also gets campaign funds from Big Tobacco) signs into law (smuggled in a (cough) "transportation bill") an act that puts small cigarette businesses out of business, causing "little guys" to lose their jobs - all at the behest of Big Tobacco, their lobbyists, and their allies in government.

And this was done with the full aid of the "opposition" party that claims to be for economic freedom, "job creation," and personal liberty.

Yes, this sounds just like an Ayn Rand novel...