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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:04 PM Original message |
Poll question: Do you support "sin taxes"? |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. I support sin taxes |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Then who gets to decide the "sin"? |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Lets tax Pr0n and birth control devices/drugs! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. So be it |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Therein lies the problem... |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Why stop there? |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. No. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
48. ...and stress, lack of sleep, and refined sugar in all its forms contribute to obesity. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Why soda? That's odd. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. It's already in the works. |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Oh yay. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. My point is not to punish pleasure. |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Well it sure seems like it |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. You're comparing drinking soda with cigarettes as being |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
57. drinking soda can be just as bad for you as smoking... |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wait, before I can vote I have to ask |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. I care less that they're regressive |
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pearl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not just NO |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. if nicotine is at least as addictive as heroin, |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Thank you, G_j! |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. and without offering help to those addicts |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
46. They do spike their cigarettes |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. put me down for supporting the sins, not the taxes |
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bobbert (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. those are all sins? soda pop, fast food? |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. how about if people can't afford to do something healthier ? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. Absolutely not. The notion that a tax is a PENALTY or FINE erodes responsible self-governance. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. Would a tax on stock transactions be a sin tax? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. +1 |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. Do Wall Street bonuses count as a sin? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. We should have more sin taxes. |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
59. I agree with your bottom statement 100% |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. "Sin Tax" Can Shape Behaviors |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Thinking that, MANY would then highly tax abortions, contraceptives, and/or bullets. |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #35 |
47. This Is True |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. If we're going to tax sins, then WE THE PEOPLE should tax the |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 06:51 AM Response to Reply #20 |
43. And it is certainly a sin the way we reelect the same congresspeople |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. More than certain alternatives less than certain other alternatives |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. Well as long as its your sin and not mine..... |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. how about tax deductions for healthy foods we buy like fruits and veggies ? |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. Sin is drinking ginger ale sweetened with sugar or toxic aspartame? |
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obliviously (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
34. Healthy tax. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
36. Not unless the sin is "usury". |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
58. YES YES YES! nt |
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Norwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
37. Absolutely not |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 04:10 AM Response to Original message |
38. No. Most "sinners" seem to be poor. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. Being poor IS a "sin," or so it seems |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
39. A "Sin" tax implies that the morality of teh Bible is the bottom line. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
40. I have no problems, per se, with taxes on tobacco and alcohol |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
41. There is no such thing as sin...nt |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
42. ANOTHER SIN TAX: charging patrons of strip clubs an extra $5 that goes to a rape fund. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Yeah, that's ridiculous -- I saw that on the news recently here |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Oh, I could so go with that! |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
44. These "sin taxes" don't "mostly hurt" any group more than another |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
45. Offensive, For Which I'm Sorry, But.... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
49. as long as we progressively raise the tax rates |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
50. If you define 'sin' as polluting the planet or attempting to control other people. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
53. If there were no sin taxes there could be no sin tax errors |
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abluelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
54. I Pay Taxes On those Items |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
56. Bankers should have to pay a sin tax on their profits. nt |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
60. no |
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