If you make A more expensive, the company that makes B (a cheaper product) will proper. The economy will be fine if there's a tax on uber-unhealthy food; just as the economy is fine when they raise taxes on cigarettes or alcohol.
Bush tax cuts lost the govt $1,000,000,000,000. I think we need to increase govt revenue and taxing unhealthy foods is a good way to do this.
People will still buy this, if it is taxed.
And you are also a victim of the slippery slope argument. You assume one tax will inevitably lead to another. If they tax this item 10%, that doesn't mean that next year they will tax it another 10%. Slippery slopes are slippery.
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Date: 4/4/10 20:56 (UTC)If you make A more expensive, the company that makes B (a cheaper product) will proper. The economy will be fine if there's a tax on uber-unhealthy food; just as the economy is fine when they raise taxes on cigarettes or alcohol.
Bush tax cuts lost the govt $1,000,000,000,000.
I think we need to increase govt revenue and taxing unhealthy foods is a good way to do this.
People will still buy this, if it is taxed.
And you are also a victim of the slippery slope argument. You assume one tax will inevitably lead to another. If they tax this item 10%, that doesn't mean that next year they will tax it another 10%. Slippery slopes are slippery.