High taxes on liquor = "moonshiners' full employment act"
http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ ______________________________ I am NOT senile. I've ALWAYS been this way. >From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <brin-l@mccmedia.com> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Taxes, Terrorism, and a fine mess we have gotten ourselves into >Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:45:12 -0500 > >http://fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com/2007/06/monzers-ball.html > >One of the PajamasMedia cronies posted this (and further spread by >Glen Reynolds). >So I wonder, just how much liability do we incur when we heavily tax >vices? >That we enable a black market seems to be a no-brainer, but do things >balance out overall with the benefits that the high taxes are meant to >encourage? > >I know many Libertarians would say that such high taxes are an overall >detriment and that many Liberals and some Conservatives would look at >the health benefits that could accrue from vice taxes. > >It seems to me that various parties will draw conclusions from "The >War On Drugs" and "Prohibition" and that others will look to "The War >On Cancer" and the current governmental and corporate (not to mention >the peoples) struggles with insurance and medical costs. > >I'm a bit torn here. I believe that Newton's "For every action there >is an equal and opposite re-action" frequently applies to social >interactions as well as physical interactions. That is, in a way, a >formulation of the law of unintended consequences. >So the question remains, "Should we be spending our money elsewhere?" > > >xponent >Criminal Tax Havens Maru >rob > > >_______________________________________________ >http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
