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Originally Posted by Moses
When will the government stop trying to manipulate the behavior of our society through taxation? I'm sick to death of social engineering. This isn't about pornography, it's about government interference and manipulation. These well meaning bureauocrats are the enemies of liberty.
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I don't think that's completely true. Maybe partly, but just plain taxation is at least half, or more, of it.
As we decline further and further into a socialist state, look for more and more of this type of thing. "Creative" ways to tax and suck (pun intended) money from the citizenry.
They were also proposing a tax on golf lessons and physical training (don't know if that passed, but if it didn't, it will in the future). Like the porn tax, it's not because the govt really cares about the underlying activity. The beast just needs to be fed.
Pretty much what was laid out in Atlas Shrugged 50+ years ago is amazingly coming true.