Foxcecil

Foxcecil t1_itsa25j wrote

Reply to comment by Agreeable_Sun3754 in Massachusetts should have a Tax Sugary Drinks. This would discourage consumers from buying products that may lead to chronic illness, and high long term costs to the health system. by [deleted]

Let's look at real world analogies. Would I prefer the CCP of China or Bill Gates/Apple to call the shots. I would certainly prefer making my own decisions, but if I had to choose an evil overlord, it definitely would be a company over a huge government..

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Foxcecil t1_itpjga9 wrote

Reply to comment by Agreeable_Sun3754 in Massachusetts should have a Tax Sugary Drinks. This would discourage consumers from buying products that may lead to chronic illness, and high long term costs to the health system. by [deleted]

Using taxation for anything other than maintaining the minimal effective level of government is simply the government putting their hands on the people's breasts or backside. Any excuse or reasoning for weaponizing taxation in such a way is akin to a physical perpetrator saying to his victim, " You like this. You need this. I'm just trying to help you." America was created to make sure the people didn't have to deal with this BS. Live and let live.

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Foxcecil t1_itox1qa wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Massachusetts should have a Tax Sugary Drinks. This would discourage consumers from buying products that may lead to chronic illness, and high long term costs to the health system. by [deleted]

If it's largely preventable, then let free people prevent it if they want. If they don't want to prevent it, let them get diabetes. I often wonder why the progressive logic for assisted suicide and abortion is 'let them do what they want to do' but when it comes to giving the government power to tax things like sugary drinks, or force us to drink from paper straws, the same progressive logic is 'let the government make decisions for you'.

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