DTube - Could Canadians See A "Sin Tax" On Meat In The Future?

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Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the ridiculous proposal recently featured on state-run CBC News regarding a "sin tax" on meat products.
According to a British lobby group, it would be "beneficial" to the environment and health for government to impose a tax on meat products. This group doesn't seem to see the irony in mankind's most notable killer and polluter stealing people's money in order to stop them from being unhealthy and save the environment at the same time.
The idea is to tax meat the way many countries tax tobacco, sugar and carbon, all terrible money grabs to begin with.
It has been beamed into our brains that we must not take care of ourselves and instead depend on the goverment to take care of us for us.
Major corporations benefit from such taxes and regulations as they are further monopolized by the state, driving small business competitors out of the market. The big corporations can afford to deal with the taxes on their products a few layoffs later. Small businesses cannot compete however. This is an attack on those in poverty and within the middle class. This drives up the price of already terrible foods like McDonalds and Burger King. As if the carbon tax wasn't enough to drive up prices everywhere due to exporting and importing.
It's sad to know people actually support such a ridiculous idea.
Interesting that the claim is that the government wishes to enforce rules to make people healthier all the while promoting the notion of depopulation. How's that for irony?
The arrogance of people thinking that others should eat healthier so therefor they should be extorted is another lesson in freedom. Do not bow down to the state. Do not bow down to the theft we call "taxation." Do not allow a collective mob rule every single part of your life.
The unhealthy meats that would be taxed are full of pharmaceuticals from pharmaceutical companies that the government monopolizes in the first place.

How about allowing free market demand to take over, bringing in true small business competition and innovation, bringing in more production therefor more jobs with higher wages to take care of these problems without government even entering the picture? Without government standing in the way of competition and propping up massive corporations? Individual demand will ensure the best products win. High quality. Lower price. That which is more environmentally friendly as that is the tide the market is following. How many times do we have to go over this? I thought the left didn't like major corporate monopolies. I suppose it depends. As long as the limosine liberals have their parents' money to live off of, they don't mind extorting everyone else who has a different opinion than them.

Demand of your dollar, not enforced coercion of the state. Make that your motto.

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As a vegan I definitely agree that taxing meat is a horrible idea.

I agree! Let the free market take over. Instead of levying a tax on the people who can't afford it, the taxpayers, let's give them a break for once and revoke all of the industry subsidies. If meat is so great and the free market abides, they don't need any more subsidies in a food abundant world.

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In my opinion you are right about this, the ideas are good but i don't think they can happen, atleast not any time soon because those massive corporations plays huge role in economy, and government can't really do something that would have negative affect on their business. Great article tho, it was interesting.

Thanks for the important info

"Taxation is theft."

Roads... where we're going we DO need roads.

Governments don't kill people, people kill people.

So we have to say people are mind controlled, into believing in a religion that tells them they are morally right for doing stuff. Stuff like killing in the name of..... Please dont say you're that guy?

No, I'm not in favor of any religion.

The roads comment was meant as I would rather pay taxes that will build new roads and maintain them rather than corporations that own the roads and charge tolls to use them as I think we'd end up paying more for the roads that way in the end, since corporations like to over charge for things and increase what they charge periodically.

The government comment meant, it's not the government that does things, it's the people in government positions that order the deaths of people and if we had better people in those positions there would be less unnecessary deaths, much to the gun argument of "guns don't kill people, people kill people." It's how people use things that make them good or bad.

Haha the way you translate long government laws and statements into "yeah we're dicks and you guys can't do anything about it"

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Agree

I do believe there are some issues with the meat industry as a whole, we could do better to treat the animals and environment better. But calling this a sin tax is just ridiculous, as if people who eat meat are worse than those who don't or somehow sinning against the world. I think people just need to take a bigger look at the food indsutry and the food producers they support. I don't know whether the tax would be good or bad, because I'm sure money could help offset some of the negatives of the industry, it's just how are they actually gonna use the money.

I eat a lot of meat, I don't think I should be sin taxed on it considering I already pay several taxes on it.

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