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No, I don't support taxes like that at all. One question is who gets to define that objectionable behavior?
We have had a $.05 deposit on soda bottles for years, supposedly to encourage recycling. Most of my soda bottles go in recycling anyway. It's just not worth my time and space to collect up a bunch of soda bottles, clean them, and bring them back where I bought them.
Just recently, our governor wanted to impose a bunch of taxes, including a tax on non-diet soda. The reason for the tax on non-diet soda was supposedly to encourage people to drink diet soda and reduce obesity. Who is the state to tell me what I should and should not drink? I happen to drink non-diet soda because I don't like the taste of diet sweeteners at all. Some of them give me headaches, and I'm not convinced they are healthy. I remember cyclamates from years ago. I also have no problems with obesity at all, so why should the state punish me?
The tax ended up getting dropped anyway, thanks to Obama's stimulus bill giveaway. But what happens next time?
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