Obesity Tax |
 Jan 15 2009, 12:53 AM
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 we jerkin'  Group: Member Posts: 2,408 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 210,730  |
anyone hear about this i just read it in "times"
Im not sure if its only for New York but they are having 15 percent tax on all candy chips and soda. |
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Jan 15 2009, 11:20 PM
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 in a matter of time Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,151 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 191,357 |
I'd like to add to the econ-speak around this topic and say that cigarette smoke is harmful to other people as well, like Comptine said, and that it is an externality. Which means that it creates an unintentional benefit/cost to other people, thus creating a misallocation of resources and making the entire economy less prosperous overall. Leading to economic problems.
/lesson of the day So, smokers, not only is your cancer smoke f*cking up the baby in the belly of the woman next to you, it's also f*cking up the entire economy. Thanks. |
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ojairus Obesity Tax Jan 15 2009, 12:53 AM
dosomethin888 Good maybe everyone would stop eating them and peo... Jan 15 2009, 12:58 AM KINGdinguhling wont do shit, people are willing to pay more to ea... Jan 15 2009, 01:02 AM emberfly I think it's a great idea, but the North isn... Jan 15 2009, 01:28 AM Flaunted wtf valentines day we would all be getting like ve... Jan 15 2009, 01:36 AM Joannnnnne I'd still buy/eat chocolate. Jan 15 2009, 01:52 AM Gigi An incentive like that to buy other foods instead ... Jan 15 2009, 02:00 AM
hi-C QUOTE(Gigi @ Jan 15 2009, 02:00 AM) It... Jan 15 2009, 03:43 PM brooklyneast05 QUOTE(Gigi @ Jan 15 2009, 03:00 AM) An in... Jan 15 2009, 08:14 PM
9001 QUOTE(Gigi @ Jan 15 2009, 01:00 AM) An in... Jan 16 2009, 09:30 PM Gigi QUOTE(9001 @ Jan 16 2009, 06:30 PM) But i... Jan 18 2009, 04:04 AM KINGdinguhling cough fund the war cough Jan 15 2009, 02:10 AM IVIike I suppose that could work, but I don't think i... Jan 15 2009, 12:48 PM Tomates isnt that going to make the economy worse? Jan 15 2009, 04:48 PM Joannnnnne QUOTE(Tomates @ Jan 15 2009, 01:48 PM) is... Jan 15 2009, 08:15 PM karmakiller Aw, what about the people who are obese because of... Jan 15 2009, 05:01 PM ojairus its more about a reason to tax americans/make mone... Jan 15 2009, 05:16 PM KINGdinguhling west coast 4 lyfe Jan 15 2009, 05:21 PM dosomethin888 It is probably just a way to get more money. I thi... Jan 15 2009, 08:12 PM Y-A-K-A they should tax being black, if you tax being blac... Jan 15 2009, 08:16 PM ojairus QUOTE(Y-A-K-A @ Jan 15 2009, 0... Jan 15 2009, 10:56 PM WarMachine QUOTE(Y-A-K-A @ Jan 16 2009, 0... Jan 16 2009, 03:12 AM hypnotique QUOTE(WarMachine @ Jan 16 2009, 02:12 AM)... Jan 16 2009, 08:55 PM Tomates QUOTE(Y-A-K-A @ Jan 15 2009, 0... Jan 16 2009, 08:58 PM hypnotique QUOTE(Tomates @ Jan 16 2009, 07:58 PM) yo... Jan 16 2009, 10:57 PM hypnotique I dont know why people give a shit about ones size... Jan 15 2009, 09:13 PM Comptine QUOTE(hypnotique @ Jan 15 2009, 09:13 PM)... Jan 15 2009, 10:57 PM KINGdinguhling lol your welcome
they shouldnt add more tax, they... Jan 16 2009, 12:53 AM KINGdinguhling i dont even think its ignorance, just plain stupid... Jan 16 2009, 03:15 AM imano eugh, what a retard
but anywaaaaaaaaaaay
the be... Jan 16 2009, 12:55 PM superstitious It kind of evens the playing field. Now instead o... Jan 16 2009, 01:00 PM ojairus QUOTE(superstitious @ Jan 16 2009, 10:00 ... Jan 17 2009, 02:03 AM superstitious QUOTE(ojairus @ Jan 17 2009, 01:03 AM) to... Jan 18 2009, 10:08 AM LoveToMySilas At first, I thought you meant that they were taxin... Jan 16 2009, 09:34 PM JonHMChan Oh man, junk food here in New York is expensive as... Jan 16 2009, 11:02 PM hypnotique QUOTE(JonHMChan @ Jan 16 2009, 10:02 PM) ... Jan 16 2009, 11:06 PM JonHMChan QUOTE(hypnotique @ Jan 16 2009, 11:06 PM)... Jan 17 2009, 02:20 PM Insurmountable ^Well you could always not by brand soda, and if y... Jan 16 2009, 11:16 PM dosomethin888 How about we ban anyone from saying the word ... Jan 17 2009, 01:28 AM ojairus wth is faygo? where have i been. Jan 18 2009, 05:46 PM |
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