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Originally Posted by Azure
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.
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?
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.
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You're putting words in my mouth. What I actually said was this: Taxing fast food isn't practical, nor is it as ethically clear-cut as taxing smoking.
I never commented about any of those other things you listed. I would note that earmark reform was John McCain's daffy obsession, not Obama's. I'm personally relieved that the President is addressing himself to more important matters than that.
Calling this a broken campaign promise is a massive reach. And you can tell by the deafening silence that is the outrage over this issue.