1st September 2005, 8:37 PM
Cigarettes and alcohol? I'm sorry, but I don't think that Uncle Sam, (or Uncle Maple Leaf for you) should be imposing morality upon its citizens. Why not a tax on porn too, since masturbation is a sin? Or on fatty foods? The Gov. has no right telling me that alcohol is wrong, and then charging me ridiculous taxes on it for my own good. And how does taxing gas "get us off it"? People HAVE to drive... every major economy is borne on the back of petroleum. Taxed or not, people consume it just as much either way. Until fossil fuels are replaced in the automobile, there's NO way around that... and certainly, taxes are no exception. I say fuck the taxes.
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