Re:Do “sin taxes” work?
by alkonaut on Sunday August 12, 2018 @07:00PM
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No, no I agree completely that things should be taxed to cover externalities. My point was merely that those externalities aren’t inherent to the products but vary between societies due to - for example - what laws, taxes, social safety nets etc exist. Smoking has enormous externalities together with tax funded healthcare. The same can argusbly be said for other things too (e.g sugar).
Universal healthcare itself is a huge discussion but seems off topic here.
Universal healthcare itself is a huge discussion but seems off topic here.