tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post4810561377487460071..comments2023-10-04T05:42:58.799-05:00Comments on Half Empty: US Falls Behind Russia - - - AgainHalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06691384412216558403noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-87875307694111926342010-01-05T17:09:56.605-06:002010-01-05T17:09:56.605-06:00Yeah, especially that part about taxing tanning be...Yeah, especially that part about taxing tanning beds. If I had a nickel for every impoverished person I've seen getting some rays in a tanning bed, well, I'd be able to buy overtaxed cigs until I die of COPD.<br /><br />You, Anon, are a maniac.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691384412216558403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-87341214451311349032010-01-04T23:19:55.656-06:002010-01-04T23:19:55.656-06:00We should follow the Russians lead on heavily taxi...We should follow the Russians lead on heavily taxing everything that is harmful:<br /><br />Cigarettes<br />Cigars<br />All forms of tobacco<br />Fireworks<br />High fat foods<br />High sugar foods<br />Alcoholic beverages<br />Tanning beds<br />Automobiles<br />Gasoline (add + $3 per gallon)<br />Aresol cans<br /><br />Who would be the first group of folks to raise hell about this? Democrats! It would be so unfair to the poor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com