10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol and cigarettes

Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by fossuser on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @02:57PM (#29004686)

I think there are more options available.

I'd be partial to keep fines, but protect the lower bound from cascading failure.

> "Nobody is going to stop making money because their parking tickets go up in cost. That's not how people work."

There is evidence already of incentives changing behavior with the recent stimulus. I think it is how people work.

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Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by kennywinker on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @06:13PM (#29007028)

There is popular consensus that stimulus has change behavior. There’s very little evidence that is actually the case.

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