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Re:Adult Obesity Facts by maerF0x0 on Friday August 27, 2021 @12:40PM (#28329941)
IMO we dont need more late (consumer) applied taxes, first we need to remove the negative taxes (subsidies) from the input.
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Re:Adult Obesity Facts by CabSauce on Friday August 27, 2021 @12:44PM (#28329987)
That's a great start. However, any tax/subsidy filters down to the consumer in a roughly efficient market.
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Re:Adult Obesity Facts by maerF0x0 on Friday August 27, 2021 @12:52PM (#28330121)
Sure, but a subsidy + tax in the chain is itself inefficient way to structure a market (ie takes a lot of software and accountants) . Better to just not do it at all.
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