Would you support a one per cent healthcare levy on alcohol, tobacco and junk food?

[jillian]

Such a levy would raise billions to fund Medicare and Medicaid.

NY already has sin taxes. Giving the money for healthcare would probably be a good thing. How about gun taxes go to victims of gun violence?

The dead ones?

Why don't we give it to the victims of Democrat policies?

quiet, nutty muddy.

Zip it, silly jilly.

no loon. i'm not the obama-deranged/clinton-deranged loon. control yourself.

 

[jillian]

Such a levy would raise billions to fund Medicare and Medicaid.

NY already has sin taxes. Giving the money for healthcare would probably be a good thing. How about gun taxes go to victims of gun violence?

And we should bump automobile taxes to go to victims of auto accidents. We should tax divorcees extra to contribute to child welfare services. We should also tax idiots extra, for just generally fucking everything up.

divorcees aren't the ones on welfare. if you're worried about that, make sure that men have to take care of their kids.

so we should do nothing because it's not appropriate to do everything? typical rightwingnut diversion to make sure nothing ever gets made better.

 

[Programmer]

Are you daft?
Alcohol and tobacco are already taxed to the hilt.

Thank you but by the state, yes? But for the feds, not a penny. Shift the money.

Is it constitutional? Intrastate commerce?

 

[Manonthestreet]

Libs always looking to peddle their next salvation tax......Wheres all the healthcare savings cig taxes were suppposed to produce

what are you blathering about?

you know, people on the left may not do everything right. and they should change course if something doesn't work.

but nothing has ever been made better by rightwingners... not ever.

Lie much.........tax cigs would reduce smoking and healthcare savings woould pour in......forget your talking points so quickly after they fail dont you

there is no lie, winger. you simply don't like what i said.

and i already said NYC has sin taxes. and yes, smoking has gone down, which is great. so do you even know what you're talking about or do you just want to howl at the moon?

There were no savings.......were there....just another lie........ and there wont be with any other tax designed to try to force people to comply with the current fad. Reagan made things immeasurably better than Carter..........theres your lie.......

 

[Manonthestreet]

Are you daft?
Alcohol and tobacco are already taxed to the hilt.

Thank you but by the state, yes? But for the feds, not a penny. Shift the money.

Is it constitutional? Intrastate commerce?

Yes shift it so states can dream up new tax to replace it ...brilliant

 

[danielpalos]

Such a levy would raise billions to fund Medicare and Medicaid.

how about one cent per transaction to help fund health care for the least wealthy and lower that tax burden on persons paying for health care.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Such a levy would raise billions to fund Medicare and Medicaid.

Like the trillions they already collect, it would just be pissed away on buying sex changes for homosexuals in prison or studies telling us water is wet.

 

[Arianrhod]

Reagan made things immeasurably better than Carter...