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"Someone consuming to their heart's content" is not bounded. It seems to me you're arguing that just because a tax is a blunt tool it shouldn't be used at all.
by Firadeoclus 8y ago
"Someone consuming to their heart's content" is not bounded.
It seems to me you're arguing that just because a tax is a blunt tool it shouldn't be used at all. But tax rate doesn't have to be set in stone, it can be adjusted dynamically in a feedback loop.
- SilasX 8y agoNo, I'm saying that advocates should be clear about what the precise harms are and that taxes should be used to ameliorate the harms of the taxed activity, and that anyone unable to put such numbers on it is not advocating a serious policy we should listen to.