One argument for "sin taxes" on alcohol is that drunkenness is bad for society, so taxing alcohol will reduce the amount of harmful drinking. The problem with this argument is that demand for alcohol is inelastic, especially among those consumers whose drinking has the highest social cost.
A slightly different version of the argument is that while taxes may not reduce the amount of drinking, they will provide the means for the government to offset the harm done. The problem with this argument is that it assumes that government spending is a social good. In reality, government probably harms society even more than drunkenness does. While drunkenness may lead to broken homes, government welfare programs enable such pathological families.
I'd just make wine by the gallon at home for cheaper. >we do this in Canada because everything is taxed out the asshole.
Hunter Cruz
We tax everything 100%. Especially your income. The only fair tax is the one that takes everything from everyone.
Jonathan Perez
>legalize the fucking plant If there were a plant that could sate the sexual needs of man, they would have legalized it already. I think Oglaf has a comic on it.
Aaron Richardson
>the government needs more money to spend on niggers, spics, and jewish pet projects "no"
there is zero justifiable reason for "sin tax". that is literally unconstitutional. people do not have the right to tax one thing extra hard to dissuade other people from buying it
Ryder Garcia
It pays for your education, but don't smoke or drink, Timmy.
Tyler Turner
by their logic, would a sin tax be necessary if prices of booze rose organically to the prices with tax included? or is the fact that the govt receives the money the important part?
Jose Rogers
If they actually were 'looking out for society' with that shit they'd be taxing pornography out the ass. But, of course, kikes...
Brody Ortiz
DUDE..
jk stoners are litterally trash, dont smoke weed its lowclass as hell
Aaron Baker
The idea that government taxes things they want to go away is simply retarded. They tax things people will still buy no matter the taxes.
Gavin King
The arguments are all rationalizing sophistry. Taxes were placed on alcohol because it was the only form in which grain harvests can be preserved in a good that holds its value, and post-enlightenment governments can't handle having people independent of the state-sponsored banking system, so they deliberately killed the alcohol trade in order to make independent small farmers dependent on the banking system. That's why ALL taxes on alcohol were initially levied, so any after-the-fact justification based on supposed social norms that didn't exist at the time is just a crock of shit.
Joshua Parker
Lol we've taxed alcohol since the founding of this country. It was the first domestic product to be federally taxed
Justin Reyes
Truth is in the digits!
Oh say can you see by the Dawn's early light, the captcha is possessed and needs some fucking fixing.
i said SIN TAX. taxing alcohol is fine, but it should be taxed the same as all other goods. not extra just because "wah i dont think people should drink"
all sin taxes lead to is more leftist money wasting and degenerate spending and government overgrowth. sin taxes are specifically favored by big government because its easy to convince a large group of voters to support them.
>oh i dont smoke cigarettes, but yes i agree they should be taxed $10 per every pack so the total price of a pack is $15 because its an unhealthy habbit!
>im a soccer mom who only drinks chardonnay once a week while slutting it up with my coworkers, so i support sin taxes on more powerful drinks like hard liquor because think of all the trouble it causes!
where do you think all taht extra sin tax money goes? to hire useless government employees for divisions of government that shouldnt exist kys faggot
Chase White
You'll pay more for it when it's legal and they'll come down even harder on "tax evaders" than personal users today.
Sebastian Walker
Because Jefferson was a faggot that went against his own morals. He also made his own moonshine like the government hypocrite he was.
Joseph Nguyen
Government is the ultimate mafia (unfortunately) and they want a cut. They don't care about the casualties.
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It's kinda funny from a religious standpoint that drinking booze isn't actually a sin (except for those Muslim faggots), so a sin tax going to government pockets and not actual charity, is basically against Jesus' teachings.
Jeremiah Smith
Basically.
Personal users today and small time growers are left alone by big government, and people don't pay much on the street.
It'll cost way more when it's "legal".
Same thing happened to ethanol.
James Flores
>Same thing happened to ethanol. Been looking into starting my own microbatch distillery down here in Aus, just to sell at local markets and the like. The production excise is absolutely mental, for non-boutique liquor 70% of the price the consumer pays is just to cover the excise.
Charles Thomas
Best thing is to just brew your own and sell the "bottles" and not the liquid to friends and families.
Gov doesn't seem to care about moonshining down here on the small scale unless you run to abos.
