Let's get one thing straight.
The "fat tax" or any other tax that discourages a lifestyle some one in government (in the interest of the "greater collective good") doesn't like, will NOT change habits nor should you believe that they have your best interests at heart.
I still can't believe grown adults with a semi-functional brain would buy into this nonsense.
But they do.
All this adds up to is one big fat attack on personal choice and freedom. Has anyone noticed how slowly we move along singling out people for their health issues and/or vices? Does anyone care? Why is "taxing" (the most inefficient way to get anything done) the first thing half-twits run to for every single perceived social problem, disorder, financial issue etc. confronted?
Skinny people beware.
Watch. Swearing in public is on the table in the not too distant future. And then, if I may stretch a little, in the not too distant future, academics will publish a study (once swearing is outlawed) showing how swearing was in fact good for your health. Like those coffee, chocolate and wine studies, you know? One month it's bad for you. Another it's good.
What about the crap about second hand smoke? Smoke up your asses I say. That had less to do with science and health and more to do with people being inconvenienced because their clothes stank after a night out.
Yeah, I'm that suspicious and skeptical.
And then there's the 'unintended consequences.'
My advice is to ignore anything Britain does.
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Personally, I wish there'd be a 'Stupid fucking asshole" tax. Alas, one can't "see" stupidity like they can see fatness. Lucky for the dumb people.
And they pose the biggest threat to us all.
Tax the stupid, I say again!
I mean people make and take stupid decisions every single day. Some lead to serious consequences. Right?
I'm writing to my MP.
Bravo! Though you are a single voice in the Canadian non-wilderness, it's nice to know the insanity is not confined to the U.S.
ReplyDeleteThe purpose of "sin" taxes is to alter behavior. Looks like it worked. And it shows that people will go to great lengths to overcome obstacles erected between themselves and things give them pleasure... like junk food.
There is a mayor in New York who managed to push through bans on transfat and oversize sugary soft drinks (I wonder if one can still buy a 32 oz diet soda in NYC?). Now, if they would just tax baggy jeans...
Yeah, Bloomberg. I've talked about him many times here. He's King Nanny-State. The 16oz ban on drinks is among one of the more immature and pointles ban I've heard yet.
ReplyDeleteNYC also has salt control.
It's amazing how we love to deceive ourselves.
Demolition Man and 1984. We're clearly on our way.