> It costs a society to have sick members, by taxing products that cause sickness the government can use the money raised to offset the cost of the sickness.
Except that things aren't that straight forward.
BTW - would you support a tax on child-bearing by folks who are likely to have "at risk" children? (It's pretty easy to identify those people.)
> Except that things aren't that straight forward.
Such as?
Re Babies:
There examples of both tax being charged and bonus being paid for having children depending on what is needed by the society. China has the One Child Policy, a successful attempt to reduce their burgeoning population. Australia has a Baby Bonus which pays parents of middle income or less families when they have a baby.
Babies are an interesting one as depending on the population growth they are either a public service or public menace.
Except that things aren't that straight forward.
BTW - would you support a tax on child-bearing by folks who are likely to have "at risk" children? (It's pretty easy to identify those people.)