Same approach with cigarettes. One of the easiest taxes to increase and of course will be supported by non-smokers especially. However, all this really does is hurt the user who is still going to have a butt, or a sugary drink, and now they’re just losing more money for it.
“When we raise taxes on the poor, it’s good because then the poor will live longer because they can’t afford as many things that kill them.” ~Nanny State Mayor Bloomberg https://twitter.com/axiomreport/status/1199663188297408512/video/1 …
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Never heard anyone run for office on the “poor people should pay more in tax” platform.
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Like a true Trumper you mischaracterized what he said. He was talking about taxing sugary drinks. While I don’t agree with him, I think his intention was good. Maybe if we taxed Big Macs Trump would live longer, and lose a few hundred pounds? On second thought, let’s not...
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One, it is not his money. Two, it is not his decision to make. Three, the purpose of taxes, or so we are told, is to run the government not to control the people. Four, He is not my Mom. Five, I am not his property.
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You can always count on ppl who got rich with inheritance or questionable methods or through entertainment dictating how others live their lives...and a Kardashian becoming a billionaire via twitter
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None of this applies to Bloomberg. Read a book.
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