Maverick Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Opinion: You know what they said about tobacco/alcohol taxes leading to fat taxes? Fat taxes lead to.... high heel taxes. http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Donald-Marron/2012/0406/A-tax-on-high-heels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
at9 Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Puffer and I did taxation of high heels as an April fool spoof a year or two back. This guy was a few days late for 1/4/2012:smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meganiwish Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 The article shows the misguided perception amongst many so-called thinking people that a proper use of taxation is social engineering. Taxation should only ever be about raising revenue and, in a really fair society, directly related to means. Still, what can you expect from someone who can use a word (?) like 'externality'. Prize of a big kiss to anyone who can come up with a) a plausible definition, and a reason why it wouldn't have been better to use that definition than the word 'externality'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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