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akuma587 said:
luinil said:
akuma587 said:

...taxes that target a specific activity are a phenomenal way to decrease that activity.


... and decrease liberty.

Is liberty always a good thing?  Should I be free to rob and kill people?  Should I be free to swindle people out of money?  Should companies be free to put harmful chemicals in the food they produce because they save money?  Should nuclear power plants be free to dump toxic waste in landfills?

Freedom is a great thing.  But too much freedom is a terrible thing.

 

Not really the same thing.

What if some politician decides that gay sex is harmful and starts taxing homosexual relationships?

(Anal sex actually does lower your immune system by the way.)

Heck they also lower population growth which is a problem for 1st world countries.

Taxing things because they're "harmful" isn't a good reason.