Taxing Drunks

Have you noticed how much tax is added to booze, beer and wine? Cigarettes too.

All the religionists in government, most of the politicians ARE admitted religionists of course, feel perfectly justified in burying us in so-called sin taxes.

Sin is big for religionists. They are born in sin. Continue in it. Confess it in some churches, and are forgiven to sin again.

Anyway. These religionists lay heavy tax burdens on drunks as we all know. BUT, do they put ALL this tax into drug and alcohol treatment research and treatment programs? Or even most of it? No.

They prefer the hundreds of millions of dollars in pork barrel projects to helping addicts. Roads that go no where like in Louisiana, that dead end at a the beginning of an unbuilt bridge, keeping military installations open that only benefit their constituents, NOBODY else, etc.

The religionist politicians TAKE the tax money, look down their noses at who is paying it, waste the money on foolishness and ignore drunks and other addicts and the dual diagnosed among us.

This is unfair and should stop NOW. Either lower the taxes on alcohol and cigarettes to the same paid on food OR spend most of the tax on figuring out how to help us and at the same time offer treatment for us in state of the art facilities.

Guess what? The tax we drunks pay is supporting much of the government. We are an easy target for tax.


Also, being overweight is a huge burden on our health system. Perhaps weight problems cause about as much of a personal burden on personal health and health costs as being drunk.

BUT, is the government over taxing places that supersize? Do they over tax those all you can eat restaurants around the country? You know what I am talking about.

Heck, there is even a show on a food channel where the host pigs out every episode. One time he ate a 72 ounce steak in just over half an hour.

AND what about the professional eating contests. Drunks and our taxes are paying for the increased health burdens this overeating craze is causing. Is this fair?

Don't these places deserve to be overtaxed for the health cost burden their practices cause?

If atheists got into power, wouldn't those crystal palace churches have to pay their fair share of taxes too and their pastors and not over burden just us drunks?

Religionists will likely shoot me soon but I have had my say.

Skal.

Google this " cheers in other languages " for LOTS more ways to say to your health or the like while drinking or eating.

And while I am ranting about tax, why not legalize pot and tax it too?

Think how much money would be saved. Far fewer prison cells would be needed. Court costs would plummet and the over burdened, hardworking police could go after criminals who actually damage society, not the ones who don't.