• lars@lemmy.sdf.org
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    5 months ago

    “We should tax things we don’t like” was a sentiment of Ralph Nader’s I liked.

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      5 months ago

      That’s something nearly all professional economists would agree on as well. Its literally Econ 101. Generally speaking, if a government taxes something, there ends up being less of it. Taxes are a disincentive.