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Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by skulk on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @02:57PM (#29004680)
Sufficient self harm at scale is societal harm.

> vice taxes for added sugar

At face value, this doesn't seem like a bad idea. I've heard about cities in the US that have a tax on large sugary drinks.

> not doing cardio workouts

It's probably easier to incentivize the good behavior here than punish the absence of it.

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Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:19PM (#29004964)
The government giving money for doing something versus taking money for not doing something is the same thing. Both are incentives for a certain behavior.
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