Okay, you have a legitimate point. But, the OP has framed the issue around the American food industry which affects Americans at all income levels. Homeless nutrition has a different set of constraints.
So getting back to the broader topic, what would you, the Clunkman, think about a tax on sugar and a huge tax on HFCS (high fructose corn syrup)?
I remember seeing something about some states doing that. It struck me as idiotic. I don't think that anything should be taxed more than anything else; there should be one sales tax, and that's it.
Interesting. No liquor taxes, no tobacco taxes, not even marijuana taxes, or prostitution taxes. What about tax on slippery condoms for homos, and vibrating dildos? Shouldn't sinners be financially discouraged? (I have no position on this issue, and ask in the spirit of curiosity.).
In a perfect country, the citizenry would not purchase any sinful objects, so nothing of the sort would be needed. I know, however, that we live in a fallen world, and that people will buy those products. Theoretically, in a perfectly moral country, those objects would be totally banned, at penalty of deportation.
No, what I am suggesting has nothing to do with race; it is related to actions within a country. I suppose a better term to use would be "exile". Also, deportation is not inherently racist. If you enter a country that you are not legally allowed to be in, according to that country's laws, the country is able to legally throw you back out again, according to that country's laws. If you think that's a racist concept, that's your problem.
You can only deport one who is not born in said country. Therefore i thought you were saying that its the immigrants who are obese, when the opposite is usually the case.
So if I understand this correctly, you don't give a fuck. You're going to heaven. Sinners in this fallen world deserve no courtesy and should be guilted by righteous people until they feel wretched. Sin taxes are unnecessary.
No. What I am suggesting is simply this: if someone chooses to live in sin, that is their decision, and they should be allowed to do that. However, according to what Paul has said, those who choose to live in sin should live separately from those who do not. Theoretically, every religion should have its own country where the people who follow that religion live and follow the rules of said religion.
M'kay, copy that. Yanno, MTV should stop profitably broadcasting music videos with slutty dancing to Islamic countries. By social standards, this is innocent material for North America and Western Europe. But, it insults the Islamic sense of blasphemy.
I would expect Muslim leaders to declare fatwa and assassinate a one or two music industry executives in LA in retaliation. But, they generalize a "great Satan" and go nuts with the 72 virgins in paradise doctrine, murdering innocent people. That is irrational military action and certainly non-compliant with "blessed are the peace makers for they shall be called children of God." As an Agnostic, I say this humbly in respect for human life. I don't care to hear anything more about the fucking "truth" in any religion.
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Okay, you have a legitimate point. But, the OP has framed the issue around the American food industry which affects Americans at all income levels. Homeless nutrition has a different set of constraints.
So getting back to the broader topic, what would you, the Clunkman, think about a tax on sugar and a huge tax on HFCS (high fructose corn syrup)?
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I remember seeing something about some states doing that. It struck me as idiotic. I don't think that anything should be taxed more than anything else; there should be one sales tax, and that's it.
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Interesting. No liquor taxes, no tobacco taxes, not even marijuana taxes, or prostitution taxes. What about tax on slippery condoms for homos, and vibrating dildos? Shouldn't sinners be financially discouraged? (I have no position on this issue, and ask in the spirit of curiosity.).
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In a perfect country, the citizenry would not purchase any sinful objects, so nothing of the sort would be needed. I know, however, that we live in a fallen world, and that people will buy those products. Theoretically, in a perfectly moral country, those objects would be totally banned, at penalty of deportation.
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No, what I am suggesting has nothing to do with race; it is related to actions within a country. I suppose a better term to use would be "exile". Also, deportation is not inherently racist. If you enter a country that you are not legally allowed to be in, according to that country's laws, the country is able to legally throw you back out again, according to that country's laws. If you think that's a racist concept, that's your problem.
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You can only deport one who is not born in said country. Therefore i thought you were saying that its the immigrants who are obese, when the opposite is usually the case.
So if I understand this correctly, you don't give a fuck. You're going to heaven. Sinners in this fallen world deserve no courtesy and should be guilted by righteous people until they feel wretched. Sin taxes are unnecessary.
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No. What I am suggesting is simply this: if someone chooses to live in sin, that is their decision, and they should be allowed to do that. However, according to what Paul has said, those who choose to live in sin should live separately from those who do not. Theoretically, every religion should have its own country where the people who follow that religion live and follow the rules of said religion.
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M'kay, copy that. Yanno, MTV should stop profitably broadcasting music videos with slutty dancing to Islamic countries. By social standards, this is innocent material for North America and Western Europe. But, it insults the Islamic sense of blasphemy.
I would expect Muslim leaders to declare fatwa and assassinate a one or two music industry executives in LA in retaliation. But, they generalize a "great Satan" and go nuts with the 72 virgins in paradise doctrine, murdering innocent people. That is irrational military action and certainly non-compliant with "blessed are the peace makers for they shall be called children of God." As an Agnostic, I say this humbly in respect for human life. I don't care to hear anything more about the fucking "truth" in any religion.