California budget balancer

[Insula Dei]

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I went all out on the taxes and revenues, While this probably isn't a very realistic (or even desirable for that matter) plan, I do think that additional taxes are always better than cutting vital services to the sick and the elderly or cutting people's connection to an affordable education.

[Insula Dei]

Yeah, screw those poor drinkers, smokers and drivers!

Well, no, they'd be screwed if they wouldn't have acces to affordable healthcare (which, let's face it, smokers are more likely to need) or education. Also, taxing these things, all of which have undesirable effects, is likely to function as an additional encouragment for people to stop smoking, drink responsibly, or drive less and use alternative modes of transportation more.

[Insula Dei]

Yeah, screw those poor drinkers, smokers and drivers!

Well, no, they'd be screwed if they wouldn't have acces to affordable healthcare (which, let's face it, smokers are more likely to need) or education. Also, taxing these things, all of which have undesirable effects, is likely to function as an additional encouragment for people to stop smoking, drink responsibly, or drive less and use alternative modes of transportation more.

Ahhh, the old "taxing people to get them to act the way you think is best" thingy.  The Christian Fundies in the US approve.

Well, no, the old 'taxing people because the alternative is subjecting them to sexual intercourse from behind' thing. Frankly, I don't care if you smoke, but smoking is a major source of cancer for smokers as well as non-smokers, so it doesn't seem harsh to have people pay along for the healthcare they might one day have to be able to afford or for the healthcare of people that don't smoke but have develloped cancer because of passive smoking. Well, not harsher than just going after their  healthcare itself instead.