Reply #101: The question is why you so readily pick regressive taxes.....

[catnhatnh]

and perceived "Sin" taxes??? How about highly taxing at LEAST one thing used mostly like by the better off? Remember luxury boat taxes and the outrage when for the first time a tax targeted people who already had too much cash??? Remember how quickly they where recinded when the makers of the boats and the rich bitched? Now look at automobiles as a simile-suppose the tax was only on cars over half a million-I wonder if we wouldn't as quickly have the same scenario-the screaming about class warfare and unfairness.Here's a more fair scenario,no taxes or minimal taxes on tobacco OR marijuana since one is addictive and the other beneficial...Let's target the real wasteful shit-vehicles that get under 20 miles per gallon,houses over 5000 sq. ft. and private jets??? Why not pate and champaign and caviar and all the baubles that everyone admits are just to invoke class???In a world where "fees" are imposed that bear no relationship to costs (think $100 to register your car for a year-for a clerk to punch "no change" into a computer and hand you a pair of one inch stickers) and real estate taxes bear no relationship to reality other than "We need the cash" allowing regression is the last thing we should do......