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Panich52

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1. I detest sin taxes

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 09:39 AM

Oct 2016

They affect low income more, they're a form of govt control of citizenry which impinges on free expression/choices, and any recipient of the increase in govt coffers eventually drains money from other areas as the intended goal — less use or consumption of targeted product or activity — falls, thereby reducing money govt takes in.

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Big Soda digs in for a fight over proposed Cook County beverage tax [View all] TexasTowelie Oct 2016 OP

I detest sin taxes Panich52 Oct 2016 #1

I don't know if you read the entire article, TexasTowelie Oct 2016 #2

There are plenty of low income folk who aren't on SNAP. Panich52 Oct 2016 #3