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Coercion tax, Command Tax, Blackmail Tax, Non-cooperation tax, Non-participation tax, Non-consumption tax, Inverse Sales Tax

By: ennaneko (Diary)  |  June 29th, 2012 at 02:44 PM  | 

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What sort of taxes can be interpreted from the Obamacare ruling by politicians.

Tax for being fat instead of skinny?
Tax for not being in the military?
Tax for not going to college?
Direct tax on consumer for buying foreign instead of domestic.
 Tax for not buying vegetables during a visit to a supermarket.
Tax for not having a gym membership. 

 

I think the Obamacare ruling may give Democrats creative ideas.  I can see the light bulbs still flashing over the heads of Democrats in California.  They can adapt this form of reasoning.

You don’t just have to tax soda makers… you can tax consumers for not buying healthy or buying one thing over another.  Get healthy tax waived by supporting organic products.  Show up to the store to buy batteries… take a 5 cent hit for not buying a healthy snack.  

Double, triple dip direct consumption taxes and non-consumption taxes.

What do you guys think?

 

 

 

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  • civil truth

    The main constraint on legislators comes from the voters.

    • http://libertynews.com/ mbecker908

      over the last couple of days – are inveterate whiners.

      Roberts ruling changes nothing, it simply affirms what has been in place for 200+ years.

      • ennaneko

        Threaten to rob Peter of 5 dollars if he doesn’t give Paul 10.

        It reinforces the idea that taxes can be used as punishment for non-criminal behavior and as a weapon to bully people into behavior of a politician’s choosing.

        “You can’t force someone to buy something but you can punish them for not buying something?” Even the most deluded liberal politician would think twice about using that form of reasoning to justify a command to a population but now they have the Supreme Court telling them that it is okay to justify such a law as a tax.

        It’s not punishment or coercion… it’s just a TAX!

        Most punishments are for doing something. Most taxes are for doing something or getting something.

        Now a lot of left wing politicians will get the bright idea of punishing people for doing nothing, getting nothing, or acquiring one thing over another directly.

        This is really a form of federal non-sales tax.

        Creative politicians can use taxes to force banks into lending people money that can’t pay it back.

        This is a tax that punishes people for not giving up their money to a private institution.