Originally posted by Holden McGroin
All of them?
We just voted down an attempted tobacco tax increase, The money from which was s'posed to go to ... of course, the children...
This sin tax was sponsored by our Demo Gov and Demo controlled legislature.
The Governor said that the electorate was persuded by the tobacco lobby buying the election. I guess he thinks we are not smart enough to make up our own minds.
I think it's safe to say that it's not just Republicans. I'd say if it's a "Sin Tax" in most cases it's from the Democrats. Such as in this case I think it's a Democrat pushing it.
With that said it's very rare to see Democrats pushing this kind of thing. I'd guess it's likely because of the location and Dallas has tried in the past to ban strip clubs. So it's likely this one thought it would pull some support from the morality police.
I think most cases the Republicans try to push more what I'd call "Moral Value" laws and tend to be heavily supported by the christian right. In this case with the "pole tax" it may or may not be supported by the christian right.
The difference between the two is "sin taxes" are just that a tax, but they still allow it to go on. With the "Morale Value" laws they try to ban the action completely which tends to be very unconstitutional.
I don't agree with any of them, with the exception of the cigarette tax. That is a case that cost sates millions of dollars a year in unpaid medical expenses. Unlike claiming going to a strip club causes rapes as we know there is no proof of that. However there is very solid proof that smoking causes cancer in both the smokers and non smokers.
So with that said I'd most definally support a tax on cigarettes if that tax was used for medical fees that my tax dollars end up paying for. Why should my tax dollars be used to pay for something, when I'm not the one causing the problem. I sday make the smokers pay for the problems they create.
