Should those who drink alcohol pay a special tax to cover the damage it causes

[1donos]

alcohol and cigerettes are already "sin" taxed.

 

[chevyguy]

Slippery slope where does it end

 

[Bunnykid68]

Also, when I drink I am already paying an extra tax, I smoke more.

 

[Shibby575]

What about cough syrup, or aqua velva??

 

[arthrimus]

Alcohol-related auto crashes alone totals more than $51 billion annually and that's not counting the rest of the harm to society. A $1 per % of alcohol in the product will go to a common pool to pay for that damage so that we who don't drink don't have it come out of our pockets.

This would add $5-6 per can of beer, $4-20 dollars per bottle of wine, and $50 or more to whiskey, rum and others. It will also encourage the manufacturers to not make such potent, dangerous products.

If you don't agree with this then you are on the side of the drunk drivers who kill innocent people. You have their blood on your hands.

Very nice!

Edit: This thread is full of win! and a few pockets of fail, but mostly win!

 

[RedneckReject]

I laughed incredibly hard at this thread. But then again, I have consumed a decent amount of alcohol this evening.

No, it's not purple....because it's true. But at least I'm still sober enough to see the comedy in this....for the moment

 

[Bunnykid68]

Should those that smoke pay a tax

We already pay more in taxes on cigarettes than half the population pays in any kind of tax

 

[Mosineer]

I was in the process of calculating what spending cuts I was going to have implement to fit my beer into my budget...don't scare me like that

 

[mydoghasfleas]

Slippery slope where does it end

 

[NathanJefferson]

Absolutely, and you should have to have special licenses to possess beer and carry it in public. Registration should be required, varying by state.

And not only should you be carded, but a database should be kept of what you buy, when and where.

We don't want you contributing to minors or anything like that...

 

[PAMom]

Why don't we just add a disclaimer to everything gun and ammo related. I suggest "Remember, shoot responsibility". Doesn't that cover it?

 

[Indy 1911]

Jack is an idiot. Blame everyone for the few that cant take care of themselves. Lets just tax everything more. The government is known for using all of money for useful things without waste.

 

[CarmelHP]

Jack is an idiot. Blame everyone for the few that cant take care of themselves. Lets just tax everything more. The government is known for using all of money for useful things without waste.

Yet another who missed the point of the modest proposal.

 

[Bapak2ja]

YES!!!

 

[Indy 1911]

Yes. I must have missed something. I rarely drink, but should not have to pay 6.00 for a can of beer. What is the point I am missing

 

[CarmelHP]

Yes. I must have missed something. I rarely drink, but should not have to pay 6.00 for a can of beer. What is the point I am missing

The OP is taking the gun grabbers "logic" and applying it to everyday commodities that most use in order to make a point about the ridiculous nature of the anti-gun proposals. I shouldn't have to explain this, I didn't think it was too hard to miss.

See, Modest Proposal for an explanation of this rhetorical device.

 

[cobber]

The OP is taking the gun grabbers "logic" and applying it to everyday commodities that most use in order to make a point about the ridiculous nature of the anti-gun proposals. I shouldn't have to explain this, I didn't think it was too hard to miss.

See, Modest Proposal for an explanation of this rhetorical device.

Thank you for explaining the obvious. This is why we cannot have sophisticated discourse, or something that passes for it, here on INGO.


Wait a durn' minute, are they eating Irish babies in England now???

 

[jamil]

The OP is taking the gun grabbers "logic" and applying it to everyday commodities that most use in order to make a point about the ridiculous nature of the anti-gun proposals. I shouldn't have to explain this, I didn't think it was too hard to miss.

See, Modest Proposal for an explanation of this rhetorical device.

Yeah but that doesn't work anyway. The hoplophobic gun grabbers just lable the comparison a false equivelence.