Taxed 2 Debt!

Calling Dr. Pepper

There is a proposed soda tax out there, some editions of the health bill has it.  Most of the plans out there will raise the price of soda 45 percent.

Here’s my question: is this about a true concern for the children of America?  Because, to be honest and practical, these people should be focused on feeding the kids by not taxing small business owners to debt.  When innovative people are freed of the current tax burden, they’ll be able to start up more companies and more jobs.  Once every kid is fed by private individuals, then any politician is welcome to go door to door ride a peace rainbow and give out pamphlets telling them not to eat things.

There’s not even a Surgeon General’s warning on soda.  Most juices have sugar amounts comparable to soda.  What about Kool-Aid, Tang, Hi-C, Gatorade, Beer?  That’s right I said Tang.  You best keep your taxes off my Blue Bell. This is a tax on the middle class, something we were promised would not occur in the next four years.  It’s a lie and a tax.  A lax.

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The Sin of Sin Taxes

Katherine Magnu-Ward, editor of Reason magazine, has an editorial in this Sunday’s Washington Post, describing the benefits of sin taxes.

Katherine, in arguing for sin taxes, states what we all know: sin taxes do not change behavior.  She not only argues that this doesn’t matter, but that it’s good for us to pay more for “harmful” things.

“But even the most avid proponents of sin taxes concede that none of the nickel-and-dime proposals on the table is large enough to discourage soda drinking. And they’re not really intended to. Soda taxes, like most sin taxes, aren’t primarily designed to reduce consumption — they’re designed to raise revenue.”

Yes Kathy, “nickel and dime” was probably used to justify the Sugar Act right before the revolution.

Taxes disguised as behavior modification are set in place strictly for revenue.  Their kept in place because usually no one’s willing to get angry about taxes on cigarettes, beer, and now the possible coke.

But where does it stop?  Who gets to label the sin in our lives?

Lying is sinful, I know that.  Can we, as the American people, propose a lying tax every time a politician doesn’t tell the truth?  That’s the kind of behavior modification that’s most needed, a hope for honesty.  They’d fund Medicaid and space exploration in the first week.

So, if the public is to have a sin tax, how about we send the idea back to the politicians.  You can tell us how to live by taking our money, if you do the same.  Fair is fair.

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