http://www.philipklein.com/2006/04/the-kristof-tax/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 28 Jun 2006 02:16:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.philipklein.com/2006/04/the-kristof-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-680 heather robinson Wed, 19 Apr 2006 02:47:32 +0000 http://www.philipklein.com/?p=940#comment-680 I would support this tax if and only if funds procured from it went to fund humane halfway houses for the mentally ill. I would support this tax if and only if funds procured from it went to fund humane halfway houses for the mentally ill.

]]> http://www.philipklein.com/2006/04/the-kristof-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Ben T. Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:40:36 +0000 http://www.philipklein.com/?p=940#comment-679 The problem with this tax is that it unfairly targets skinny people, who understand how to consume sugar responsibly, and fat people, who don't. What we need to do is sanction fatness directly. For instance, by using skinny turnstiles to charge fat people more to ride the subway. A regime of economic incentives combined with overt stigmatizing will go far in solving the problem. The problem with this tax is that it unfairly targets skinny people, who understand how to consume sugar responsibly, and fat people, who don’t. What we need to do is sanction fatness directly. For instance, by using skinny turnstiles to charge fat people more to ride the subway. A regime of economic incentives combined with overt stigmatizing will go far in solving the problem.

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