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Re:Amazon Web Services revenue rises 81% year over year by zeckalpha on Friday July 24, 2015 @09:27AM (#9941798)
What about tariffs? They're designed to incentivize buying products made at home. What about "sin" taxes? They're designed to incentivize good behavior?

(Some) taxes are definitely designed around incentives.

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Re:Amazon Web Services revenue rises 81% year over year by mollmerx on Friday July 24, 2015 @11:53AM (#9942812)
In addition, sins are often easy to tax because consumption is rather inelastic, due to there being few alternatives.

Thus, taxes on sins can produce higher revenues than taxes on more price sensitive goods or activities would.

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