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Quote Originally Posted by rick3117:
It truly is unbelievable that there are A-holes sitting at home thinking of ways to economically punish people during the worst financial situation since the great depression, knowing full well that almost all of the taxes that are proposed are a direct assault on the working poor.
It truly is unbelievable that there are A-holes sitting at home thinking of ways to economically punish people during the worst financial situation since the great depression, knowing full well that almost all of the taxes that are proposed are a direct assault on the working poor.
mattbrott is not an asshole
i agree with what he's saying, people shouldn't be drinking soda. There's plenty of things people enjoy doing that negatively impact their health. I'm just of the mindset that wasting energy worrying about problems void of solutions is a crime in itself. I think we all know that drinking sugar drinks is unhealthy, same as we all know that smoking anything can negatively impact your health. I just don't see the purpose (in our system) of penalizing this type of activity with taxes.
For every government action, i always ask who benefits. In the case of the american cigarette smoker or the american soda drinker, i don't see how we are helping them by taxing them, nor how you or i am any better off. Wouldn't good information parlayed with help for addicts and those that struggle with abusing substances yield better results, then pointing fingers and casting blame on others and then helping them by taxing them?
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. It is the same reason why the 9-9-9 theory of taxation was a regressive tax and why tax based on consumption (what you spend) is also a regressive tax. 
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