Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a...
by nobody9999 on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @01:52PM
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>Drinking alcohol, for the most part (although not entirely), is purely a sin, and does not inherently affect the public. Smoking does, either in a minor and indirect way due to pollutants entering our shared atmosphere or a much more direct effect if someone is smoking in your local vicinity. I'm all for taxing the thing that affects people but isn't so horrible as to ban outright, but not so much the "sin."
Please define "sin" in this context.
According to Merriam-Webster[0], "sin" is:
an offense against religious or moral law
Shall we implement high taxes on those things too?
Please note that my issue is with the term "sin," as it has strong religious implications which, at least in the US, have no place in the operation of our secular government.
Drinking alcohol, for the most part (although not entirely), is purely a sin, and does not inherently affect the public. Smoking does, either in a minor and indirect way due to pollutants entering our shared atmosphere or a much more direct effect if someone is smoking in your local vicinity. I'm all for taxing the thing that affects people but isn't so horrible as to ban outright, but not so much the "sin."