Proper sin-taxes
Just a quick fun thought.
I've considered the idea of a "sin tax" - some sort of compensation applied for consumption - like gasoline. I don't even care where the money goes - whether roads, subsidizing mass transit, or general budget.
Well, I was thinking of another area - our "snack pack" at work ... to convenient when I'm under stress. I wondered if a "sin tax" would offer any moderating, but overall not given it seems like a small budget. Even a 200% tax would offer little hardship.
Well, even if I collected such a tax, I don't know what to do with it. Ideally it would go to a charity or something, but a charity means doing good, which won't encourage moderation.
NO, I see a PROPER "sin-tax" must be purely destructive - specifically the most effective form of a sin-tax would be to BURN MONEY!
Seriously a perverse fun thought. On one level it has NO effect on me personally, and even burning $100/month would have no effect on the economy. Well if millions did perhaps, but I'm just offering a warped perspective.
WHAT WOULD IT MEAN to burn paper money?
It's just a strange idea. It has SOME value - perhaps costs $0.20/dollar to print, so perhaps better to burn 5 $20/month than 100 $1 bills.
Anyway, it's fun because nothing of REAL value is destroyed - except my wasted time to earn the money to burn!
Yes, it is perverse to think of "starving" people who could use the money but it's still fun to imagine.
It's funny to think how it is POSSIBLE burning money may be better for the environment than spending it!
It's funny since I'll one of the poor sobs who will pick up a penny for its intrinsic value.
I'll think more about this great new yuppy game - maybe I'll start a trend?! :)
I've considered the idea of a "sin tax" - some sort of compensation applied for consumption - like gasoline. I don't even care where the money goes - whether roads, subsidizing mass transit, or general budget.
Well, I was thinking of another area - our "snack pack" at work ... to convenient when I'm under stress. I wondered if a "sin tax" would offer any moderating, but overall not given it seems like a small budget. Even a 200% tax would offer little hardship.
Well, even if I collected such a tax, I don't know what to do with it. Ideally it would go to a charity or something, but a charity means doing good, which won't encourage moderation.
NO, I see a PROPER "sin-tax" must be purely destructive - specifically the most effective form of a sin-tax would be to BURN MONEY!
Seriously a perverse fun thought. On one level it has NO effect on me personally, and even burning $100/month would have no effect on the economy. Well if millions did perhaps, but I'm just offering a warped perspective.
WHAT WOULD IT MEAN to burn paper money?
It's just a strange idea. It has SOME value - perhaps costs $0.20/dollar to print, so perhaps better to burn 5 $20/month than 100 $1 bills.
Anyway, it's fun because nothing of REAL value is destroyed - except my wasted time to earn the money to burn!
Yes, it is perverse to think of "starving" people who could use the money but it's still fun to imagine.
It's funny to think how it is POSSIBLE burning money may be better for the environment than spending it!
It's funny since I'll one of the poor sobs who will pick up a penny for its intrinsic value.
I'll think more about this great new yuppy game - maybe I'll start a trend?! :)
posted by Ares Olympus at 11:53 PM
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