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Originally Posted by pan6467
No, they'll just tax soda, cigarettes, alcohol, potato chips, fast food and so on and claim that it is for the "health of the people".
Sorry. Personal choices and freedoms. I truly do not understand ANYONE in the US that is ok with taxing items so much they become prohibitive to the lower classes. What? It's ok for the rich to eat, smoke and drink whatever they wish but the poor can't? Something is fucked up with the thinking of the far left, when they are ok with that and find reasons why taking away freedoms isn't really that bad, besides they are privileges and fuck what the people want, "we know what's best for you."
It's all about POWER over people and not advancing personal liberties. "Hell, personal liberties are over rated" "people are ignorant" and so on. All about the POWER.
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I don't think it's about power. It's more about basic economics. If these activities become more expensive, fewer people will engage in them. If fewer people engage in these unhealthy activities there will be a smaller drain on our health care system and an overall improvement of the well being of the nation.
Now, it could be argued that it isn't the government's place to promote the general welfare in such a way. It could also be argued that people will always act in unhealthy ways and that it is futile to try to tax unhealthy behaviors into oblivion. Either of these arguments is more persuasive and realistic than decrying some sort of power mad beauracracy.
It isn't about rich or poor, it's about shifting the average in the direction of "more healthy."