Re:Tax Policy Gave Us White Claw
by pmiller2 on Friday September 06, 2019 @03:58PM
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That’s more of an argument for not using sin taxes to fund anything other than public health measures to combat the effects of consuming the thing that’s being taxed.
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It is but it demonstrates why you want a more even tax base just to help ride out any changes in economics or usage.
Also even direct sin taxes tied to things might be hard. If we all stop smoking, there still be cancer related to smoking...
Gas tax to fund roads, and increased fuel efficiency is another example.