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Re:SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking... by meatsauce on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:17PM (#31783718)
Sin tax is fascism. I don't need you squeezing me because you THINK you know what's best for me.

It is a slippery slope.

What's next?

No more cup cakes because sugar gives you diabetes?

How about no more hip hop music because it largely celebrates violence and influences kids to join violent gangs?

No more cars because AOC might whine with another 24 tweet wall of bar-stool wisdom?

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Re:SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking... by generj on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:41PM (#31784042)
If it is a slippery slope, why have sin taxes have been limited to nicotine and alcohol despite existing for literally centuries?

Internalizing externalities is one of the primary functions of government. I’m incredibly happy I rarely have to smell cigarette smoke.

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Re:SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking... by assttoasstmgr on Friday June 17, 2022 @05:58PM (#31784937)
Many countries and some (mostly left-run) cities in the US have implemented a sugary drink tax:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugary_drink_tax

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