http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/18/governor-gregoires-last-budget-proposes-funding-education-through-taxes-on-fuel-and-beer Comments On: Governor Gregoire's Final Budget Proposes Funding Education Through Taxes on Fuel and Beer by Eli Sanders en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Hello..hello...fishbase?

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Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:56:05 -0800 The Stranger Posted by anon1256]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:37:01 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:16:40 -0800 The Stranger
We've created a perverse incentive to keep people smoking cigarettes and drinking excessively because it increases the size of the band aid that sin taxes places on top of our glaring, chronic budget problems.

As someone who recently quit smoking after a little over a decade, I think it's fucking immoral. The state should not be relying on people killing themselves through substance abuse in order to stay above water.
Posted by Hernandez]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:56:17 -0800 The Stranger Posted by anon1256]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:36:25 -0800 The Stranger
Oh, you were asking ironically ... sorry.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:34:03 -0800 The Stranger
That means the schools have a vested interest in getting people to buy as much booze as possible, right?

Anyone else see a problem with that?
Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:19:32 -0800 The Stranger
Shouldn't there also be a dollar a liter tax on wine? Why let snooty, Frenchified oenophiles escape the tax?
Posted by ScrawnyKayaker]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:14:38 -0800 The Stranger Or tax system is all messed up.
Posted by fairly.unbalanced]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:50:42 -0800 The Stranger Posted by floater]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:47:17 -0800 The Stranger
In other words, more subsidies for rural areas.

Why not just expire all the tax giveaways to rich corporations?
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:37:37 -0800 The Stranger