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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug

It isn't based on perceived wealth, it's based on wealth.

I am one of those "typical" CPers. I make a comfortable salary. I would love to own an Aston Martin, but I probably never will. I won't because it is a luxury item that I just don't need. If I change my mind on that, I guess I am paying another $25 k or whatever. No one should feel sorry for me either way.

Thats your choice, but maybe one day you want a Rolex, or I dunno, a golf membership or something. Anything could be considered a luxury to someone else. So for now its the $100k car, but we'll see where it goes. It's the principle of the thing the concerns me. For consumer goods, I don't see a reason to punish people who strive for particular products over others. That's why I brought up the example of Flames seasons tickets. They are expensive, but I'm sure many people choose to spend their money on them over other things, because it's important to them. That's their choice as a consumer. I'm sure someone out there would be okay with taxing that as a luxury item. It's always going to be subjective.

The idea of taxing a certain set of products extra because someone else thinks its too nice, or you're too rich because you bought it -- just not a good way of doing things IMO. It's ridiculous on principle.