Sin taxes

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
Can you translate this sentence to English?

Not really. The point is clear enough even if the sentence wasn't too great.

Long live the internet board English Nazi.

Originally posted by whodey
So both "work"?

Taxes are and additional cost for anything taxed. Additional costs make anything less attractive, and some will stop smoking, drinking, or working based on that activity being less attractive. Everyone's trigger point differs, so lots of people will continue their activity despite taxation.

Originally posted by twhitehead
You might be able to argue that higher taxes encourage tax evasion.

Yes, that too. 😀

Originally posted by Wajoma
Of course it is a factor.

A person looks for work, they consider what they're going to end up with in their hand after taking into account how many hours are going to be occupied doing that work, how much it cost to get to work (in time and money) then they decide whether or not it's worth their effort.

They draw a line in the sand, on one side they s ...[text shortened]... d up to each side of their face refusing to look at the damage being done by taxing good things.

Then there is the perverse incentive for government to get the sins to continue, because they become addicted to the revenue source the tax becomes. Most State would go belly up if cigarette taxes disappeared because everyone stopped smoking.