healthcare for the uninsured? According to the Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, retail sales of alcoholic beverages totaled approximately $115.9 billion in 2003
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This is a 6 year old figure, if we taxed it at 100% we could raise 120 billion a year for the 18% of americans who don't have health care.. Would that do it?
Rich, I am sking a question regarding an alternative to overhauling the entire health insurance indistry and health care industry.. WOuld you rahter pay a sin tax for those items that are known to cause helth problems (Cigarettes, Alcohol, low nutritional value foods etc.) Or would you rahter your healcare costs go up ?
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This is a 6 year old figure, if we taxed it at 100% we could raise 120 billion a year for the 18% of americans who don't have health care.. Would that do it?
Rich, I am sking a question regarding an alternative to overhauling the entire health insurance indistry and health care industry.. WOuld you rahter pay a sin tax for those items that are known to cause helth problems (Cigarettes, Alcohol, low nutritional value foods etc.) Or would you rahter your healcare costs go up ?