RE: A question for Anti-Theists
June 30, 2014 at 11:48 am
(This post was last modified: June 30, 2014 at 11:50 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 30, 2014 at 11:46 am)blackout94 Wrote: Here we don't use the words 'Sin tax', only as a metaphor. These taxes are officially called Special Consumption Taxes (IEC's in my language, they all over the european union), even countries like sweden where a vast majority are atheists have these taxes. I do agree with you that some taxes denote a high level of puritanism and there are contradictions, the example you gave comparing blackjack and gasoline was good. This doesn't mean this kind of tax needs to go, when there is cons of an activity, taxes will be higher, this is the way it works. One of the main reasons for smoking tax is increased medical costs, specially here that healthcare is 'free' most people dislike the fact they are paying for smokers' healthcare.And I would dislike to have to pay for a snowboarders healthcare. Can we get some sin taxes passed on snowboarding? How about hockey? How about eating? People do clearly dangerous and unhealthy things in your country that aren't related to cigs, I'm assuming.
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