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BeyondGeography

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1. Taxing is tricky

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 10:14 PM

Dec 2012

With cigarettes, the number of smokers dwindles all the time, and the tax is seen as an investment in public health since it's designed to discourage consumption. With guns, it's not clear that would happen, so you'd potentially have a growing revenue stream supported by growing numbers of people and you a) have to answer to them and b) have to worry about governments becoming addicted to the cash.

Better to eliminate certain forms of consumption altogether.

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What would happen if they imposed a really high tax on guns and ammunition? I just checked and [View all] Maraya1969 Dec 2012 OP

Taxing is tricky BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #1

There's a federal excise built into the price, sort of like with gasoline Recursion Dec 2012 #2

I read up on this last night. DURHAM D Dec 2012 #4

I would like to see a surtax DURHAM D Dec 2012 #3