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Isn’t that just what sales tax is for? Another comment mentioned increasing your tax bracket if you bought too much meat, but trivially they could just add a sa
by data-ottawa 4y ago
Isn’t that just what sales tax is for? Another comment mentioned increasing your tax bracket if you bought too much meat, but trivially they could just add a sales tax on meat instead to the same effect.
- rglullis 4y agoWith this they can make a progressive sales tax. "Oh, if you buy meat according to the national average, you pay the standard tax. But if you are eating more than that, you pay double."
- data-ottawa 4y agoThanks, that’s an informative reply I hadn’t thought of
- archsurface 4y agoYou haven't eaten your five-a-day fruit and veg - more tax on your chocolate. Oh, you haven't reached your 10000 steps today either - more tax.
- spoonjim 4y agoThere are already ways to do this, you give everyone a “ration card” for 50% off up to N pounds of meat.
- rglullis 4y agoThat would push up the price of meat for everyone. (Really, HN? Voting down something that is 101 microeconomics to negative scores without one single argument?)