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Originally Posted by loquitur
the point of a targeted consumption tax is that people are free to make choices. They aren't forced to do anything they don't want to. That's the whole point.
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I don't see a clear distinction.
You are steering them to one choice you want them to make over the one they want to make using government force, in this case a overly high tax designed specifically to make them not make the choice they want to make.
It IS nicer than a ban, and as someone who is above average wage earnings I can still drive where I want, but I still see it as beyond the proper role of the federal government.
I suppose we can count on taxes on thick cut bacon next for the good of society, better land use, and to ease the costs of rising health care.