On 23 Mar 2011, at 00:59, Marc Perkel wrote:

> So it's really a sin tax.


why do you not believe in sin taxes.

assuming you accept the idea of taxes in general, why should we who want to engage in behavior that is sometimes harmful and sometimes has a social cost (smoking, drinking, drugs, driving gas guzzlers, eating pastry etc) all things that are not necessary for life pay a little extra for the fun?


a.