Do you think it is appropriate for the government to try to change certain human behavior through taxation?

Heil Obama, Heil The New Fuhrer: Do you think it is appropriate for the government to try to change certain human behavior through taxation?
Don’t want people driving a particular vehicle? Tax the hell out of it.
Don’t want people drinking so much soda pop? Tax the hell out of it.
Don’t want people smoking cigarettes? Tax the hell out of it.
Don’t want people drinking too much alcohol? Tax the hell out of it.
Don’t want people eating at fast food restaurants? Tax the hell out of it.
Don’t want people using fossil fuels to heat their homes? Tax the hell out of it.

Since when did it become the business of government to try to alter particular behavior through ever increasing taxation of those things they deem undesirable?

Answers and Views:

Answer by FozzieBear
Of course not, but they’ve been doing it since they invented income taxes.

You also get a tax break for getting married, having children, and buying a house. What if I don’t want that life? Why should I have to give up more of my income due to such personal choices?

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Answer by TripSix
Ja mein fuhrer!

Answer by Aaron R
No. The solicalist perverts need to worry about their own behavior, not mine.

Answer by vt500sascott4
You know, this is actually a good point. I’m not sure if it’s constitutional or not. Probably not…

Answer by YUKON
Its wrong and I wish the people who keep voting the same Libs in office would wake up or stay home on election day.

Answer by Obama is pure evil
That is the neo-fascist liberal agenda. Obama is pure evil.

Answer by Kay
Maybe we should vote in a tax on politicians.

Answer by PJ
I think it is okay to tax cigarettes – because I don’t smoke. It is okay to tax liquor – though I do drink occassionally. Sin tax is more palatable to most people than a raise in the income tax. And drinking and smoking do contribute to health problems and problems in society. Mostly they pass those taxes because it is easier than trying to raise the income tax.

Answer by james s
basically in the constituition the only behavior changing tax mentioned is the import. That is to try to protect American Business and promote national security.. but yes i think the government has gone to far. Even worse instead of just taxing industries like automotive, they want to be able to tax specific companies like GM.. that would be bad.

Answer by Retta
I totally agree! I quit smoking about 27yrs ago, but I don’t try to make other people quit just because I did! I wished they would, but it’s their choice, and I think it’s horrible how they’re being taxed!

Answer by ANTI-SOCIAList
They will take away our energy, they want Smart Grids to control what we use and they want to tell us when we can use it! This is communism!
Nobody would fund IMMELTS grids- so Obama is stealing OUR MONEY to build the grids! CORRUPTION don’t get any worse!

Answer by Madd Vladd
you can say the same thing even if there was 1 cent tax even. you can even say that the government doesn’t want us to eat cause they tax that as well, see the problem is with your logic?

Answer by Obama bin Laden
Liberals don’t believe that what they do is Fascism, because if they can claim that they are doing something good for you…it’s OK to force it on you.

Answer by totc56
Every since the Liberal Democrats took over. And it will get much worse.

Answer by Mr. Krinkle’s Ghost
No, No, and a thousand times no.

I neither smoke nor drink but if someone chooses to, so be it, the government should not be in the behavior modification business.
Of course they are really just doing it to raise taxes (I guess nobody who smokes makes less than $ 250,000 a year).

Answer by ruth
Tax it, fine it, ban it. That’s the liberal idea of the job of government. Unless something really is bad for our society, then they’re all for it.

They claim to hate taxing the poor. They claim to hate regressive tax. Come on down here to Tennessee, yankee libs and see who you are taxing.

Answer by Ya heard me
The poster FOZZIEBEAR made a great point and I agree!

Answer by Haunting You In The Night
First of all the smoking tax is going towards fighting childhood cancer
thats a lot better then raising income tax

Answer by webned
What cave have you been in? Of course it’s appropriate, and it’s been done for well over a hundred years. Whiskey taxes and tobacco taxes have been around since the Revolutionary War. If it’s in the interest of the people to discourage certain activities, then why not tax it as opposed to prohibiting it altogether?

Answer by Michael P
HAHA, someone actually thinks the money is going to children LOL!!! Good luck, the gov’t is nothing but a bottomless pit. May as well just burn the money.