[AnotherUnixGeek]

Waist banned - Does a tax on junk food make sense?

Sure it does - to those who think that government taxes are a good way to regulate the behavior of others.

Taxes exist to pay for essential services only a government can provide. They do not (or at least should not) exist to allow the control-freaks of society to try to punish those behaviors they happen to dislike.

[swarthyguy]

>>They do not (or at least should not) exist to allow the control-freaks of society to try to punish those behaviors they happen to dislike.

How quaint. So Twentieth Century.

When pieces like this start appearing in the Economist, along with another piece about mileage fees for all cars, methinks total control of our lives is preordained, not to mention SmartGrid Thermostats and Implanted Chips too.