Thread: PUB DISCUSSION Taxes to discourage certain behaviors
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Old 03-29-2009, 09:37 PM   #6 (permalink)
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It's a slippery slope, because its in effect a fine on "objectionable" behavior.

What happens when they decide pornography is a vice that they can wring some cash from? It's still allowed by law, but they add a "sin" tax on the retail price of magazines and DVDs. Those that derive their income from porn production have to pay an additional income tax. Then the powers that be turn their sights on R rated movies and erotic fiction.

Purely hypothetical, but it opens the door to many abuses.
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