In 2001 Denmark implemented a fat tax to force people to eat healthier. It added a tax to any food that contained more than 2.3% saturated fat. It failed because people just went to Germany or Sweden to do their shopping. This is just another example of how "sin taxes" don’t work. Government can’t force people to do not do something by levying a tax. Denmark repealed the tax in 2002.
Over the years, governments have tried various methods to force the "pheasants" to do what they want them to do. Remember prohibition? Reacting to a group of teetotalers, alcohol was outlawed. The result was speakeasies and stills that produced to supply them.
A few years ago I wrote about a fat tax on people. It was simply a tax that if you were not the correct weight as prescribed by government, then you would be taxed on a per pound basis. It’s a good thing that no government officials read this blog or it would have gone into effect shortly after the post was made.
But, government, that knows what’s best for you, will never give up. Just wait for a tax or prohibition on sex.
Sound crazy? That’s what government does best.
PMO
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