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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
People need food to live. Some people can't afford better food than McDonald's, by your own admission.
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And you would tax the food at Mickey D's....considering it is unhealthy.
Tax the necessity that people need to survive. Truly only a big government believer would believe in such an idea.
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No-one needs cigarettes to live. Cigarettes are always unhealthy, regardless of your own level of health, regardless of moderation--not to mention pozing a public health hazard.
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I never said that anyone needs cigarettes to live.
I agree. Unhealthy, and rather sick habit. Doesn't mean people should be taxed more for their unhealthy, and stupid choices.
I say educate them.....and reduce the long-term risk on the health care system. Sure, what smoking does to the human body is hard to reverse, especially if serious damage is done, but its still better than just forcing these people to find other means of money to pay for their addiction.
If you want to tax 'unhealthy' foods, goods, anything really......you start down a serious slippery slope. The government has been wrong for years about their nutritional advice. Why should I trust them to be right about healthy/unhealthy foods, and what should and should not be taxed?
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Your analogy fails on multiple levels. Cigarettes have been taxed for decades. Obama is just taxing them more. I don't have a problem with that, nor do I understand why you do. You'd fall over if you reached any more on this one.
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I have a problem with any tax increase. Especially in a time of recession, where the government should be more responsible than EVER, to make sure they keep their spending habits in check. There are other ways to fund child-health care services, if that is such a necessity.
Then again, every campaign promise that Obama has broken has just been a 'smoking gun' to you.
The "Sunlight before signing", "capital gains tax elimination", "American jobs tax credit", "Hiatus on the 401K penalties", "promising not to hire lobbyists", "earmark reform", and being a "transparent" administration, which I already pointed out wasn't happening with his economic team.
The 'broken campaign promise' is a ck the media is running with. Type in 'increased taxes on Tobacco' into Google, and read the first 10 pages or so of the results.
What bothers me is the idea to force people to quit a habit by taxing them more.