Quote 876 “ To tax stimulants for the sole purpose of making them more difficult to be obtained, is a measure differing only in degree from their entire prohibition; and would be justifiable only if that were justifiable. Every increase of cost is a prohibition, to those whose means do not come up to the augmented price; and to those who do, it is a penalty laid on them for gratifying a particular taste. Their choice of pleasures, and their mode of expending their income, after satisfying their legal and moral obligations to the State and to individuals, are their own concern, and must rest with their own judgment.” -- John Stuart Mill
Exercise taxes
The trouble is, we get told that "everything" is bad for you.
Economics
Motives
Stealth taxesWhy is fuel duty not printed on petrol stations receipts, or why is alcohol tax not shown on receipts in bars and pubs?
ReferencesLink358 Transparency of tax
LinksLink359 Bag tax
Link360 Excise tax on alcohol |