Hidden cost of socialized medicine.

I love you dude but come on, this is America too

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When _someone_else_ is paying for your health care sin taxes will go through the roof.

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I dont dip anymore, but Ive had propositions to supply dip before. If you think Canada is expensive, you should try Middle East or Asia. I think its supply quality and demand regulating price rather than healthcare.

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. I think its supply quality and demand regulating price rather than healthcare.

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One of the guys said a 12 oz can of Stokers in the states cost him $11.50. He said that was about 340g which is taxed at $.17 per g. So that is roughly $58 in taxes on that $12 tub. If that is true that is the definition of a sin tax. He said the government wanted to get tobacco use down to 5% of population.

As far as demand regulating price I don’t think that low demand would equal high price that is not how markets work.

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I’m sure alcohol is the same way.

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Canadians are some beer drinking mofos

As a whole, Canadians spent $9.14 billion on beer in 2013 ($324 per adult), which equates to 2.27 billion litres of beer.

According to the Conference Board of Canada, one out of every 100 jobs in Canada is supported by the sale of beer, with every dollar we spend on beer generating $1.12 for the nation’s economy.

As someone who smokes a few cigars a month, Tax away. Tobacco is a huge burden on the healthcare system.

Da fuq you mean they back trackin?

Nothing is ever free. (even if you print money like us we still are 22 trillion in debt)

I say legalize everything. (can we all admit that the war on drugs is a failure) It is called freedom when the government is not choosing what you should or shouldn't do. They pass sin taxes under the pretense that you are going to make people healthier. In the end it just costs the citizens more and they have more money to waste. I am not a big fan of any type of government subsidized healthcare. If individuals were responsible for having to pay for themselves they would probably take care of themselves a little bit better. We are 22 trillion in the hole and I am not sure how much longer the welfare/warfare state can continue anyways.

Fat people eating too much costs far more than tobacco use, you gonna tax the buffet line next?

Trick is to avoid socialized medicine and adjust insurance costs at the individual level based on risk.

Tobacco users should pay more monthly for their coverage, along with heavy drinkers, those that test positive for drugs, etc.

The taxes you pay on tobacco don’t even go to covering costs in many states, they just get spent by dirtbag politicians on other BS projects.

Just trying to figure out how this is relative to the OUTDOOR board?

Had a roomie that dipped in college. Nasty habit.

It went from "dipping can cause cancer" to "the numbers don't indicate any significant increase in cancer"