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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
If a smoker makes $50 000 / year and his disposible income is say $10 00 and he spends $5000 on smokes and booze, and the rest on whatever else, then the ammount of disposalbe income he contributes to the economy is $10000
if a non smoker makes the same ammount and has $10 000 worth of disposible income, but spends none of that on smokes and beer, does that mean the ammount of disposible income he is contributing to the economy is less than the smoker? OF COURSE IT DOESN'T.
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The point is that if $10000 is spent on booze and cigarettes a very high percentage is taxable. Tax goes directly to the government of Canada to spend on things like military, giving money to ad agnecies in Quebec and health care. Now if someone spends $10000 on a large screen TV, very little goes to taxes. 7% GST and perhaps some hiddden fees somewhere. The rest of the money goes into the pocket of Best Buy/Future Shop and the corporate earnings are funneled out of the economy and into the USA. Now $10000. disposable income spent on the bad stuff generates a huge tax base for the government but the luxury items generate vey little.
The cost to the Canadain economy is very little, but the differnce being funneled to the Government is huge.
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Meanwhile the "Avoidalbe Cost" meanwhile the smoker gets cancer and incures an avoidable cost of $1260. And the non-smoker doesn't get cancer, so his cost is $0.
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So the non-smoker doesn't die. The silly smoker could have avoided the cost and act of death had they not smoked?