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To: i-node who wrote (542345)	1/9/2010 12:07:07 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1576671

I think it is a great idea. Tax the vice and it provides plenty of incentives not to consume the vice. If the incentive not to consume doesn't work, then the tax revenue can work to defray the added societal costs that the vice imposes on the rest of us. So I don't mind if you eat yourself to death, as long as we've taxed the hell out of you to ensure my health insurance costs don't go up because of your bad choices. Of course, I'd prefer if those taxes provided enough incentive for you to stop eating so poorly. But either way, it's better for society as a whole.