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February 23, 2005 by Jeffrey Tucker

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Proposed in UK: a gum tax.

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Nathan Shepperd February 24, 2005 at 5:41 am: I like this:

“The money would also be used to pay for a national education campaign.”

In another area, I think they were going to tax drinks companies to pay for damage caused by drunk people, and their health care costs when they get into brawls. How dare they sell alcohol to people and make them drink too much!
Honestly, if they had to pay for every time they got beaten up…
Wally Conger February 24, 2005 at 9:44 am: Hmm…the UK. Wasn’t it the high taxes in England that inspired the great old Beatles’ tune “Taxman”? “We’ll tax your seat, street, feet…etc.”
billwald February 24, 2005 at 11:46 am: I propose a cigarette filter tax. Can’t go anyplace without seeing ciggybutts on the ground. Use the money to sweep the streets.
iceberg February 24, 2005 at 12:06 pm: I propose a British Stupidity Tax (BST). Anyone who proposes yet another tax must pay a penny. The money collected will be used to pay for a national education campaign on how taxation is evil and destructive, except in the instance of the BST, in which in a best case scenario will fade into obscurity when the taxoholics are cleansed from society.

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