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To: i-node who wrote (542309)	1/9/2010 11:25:53 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576635

Taxes on vices work. Take the tax on tobacco. It worked very well, along with education about how bad it was for you. Yes, let's put a 200% tax on all oils that contain transfats. They can use oils other than the unhealthy ones at minimal extra cost. In fact, many fast food restaurants have already moved away from transfat oils. In California and New York City, they banned transfats altogether. KFC already got ahead of the game and has switched its cooking oil to oils without transfats. Everyone recognizes that transfats are toxic to your heart. So yes, let's either ban it or tax it into oblivion. I'd also tax gasoline at 100% and put a $4 floor on it. You bet, I think taxes work miracles when it comes to policy implementation. Nothing works faster and more reliably than hitting people in their pocketbooks.