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Don asks what lifestyles are the next to be taxed?

This is a danger I used to warn people about more than a decade ago when it became all the rage for the federal and state governments to raise revenues by taxing cigarettes under the guise of paying for health care benefits. My favorite example was putting a tax on coffee because of all the possible carcinogens in coffee.

Of course everyone poopood what I was saying, and I explained that once governments found a lifestyle choice that they could tax with public support that it was only a matter of time before they moved on to the next one. Why not coffee? Millions drink coffee, so the potential revenue benefits are huge. And who doesn’t support healthcare?

 ”When they came for the smokers, I said nothing….” You reap what you sow, America. You thought it was a good idea when they were going after other people, why are you complaining now?

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