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To: Sodbuster
It could be a poll tax. Congress has the authority to deal with them ~ although Roberts seems to have flipped the idea on its head.

More likely it would be a sumptuary tax ~ albeit one designed to deprive you of the "luxury" of indulging in the "sin of freeloading" (presumably).

You can read a brief on the history of this class of taxes in America at: http://www.urban.org/books/TTP/davie.cfm

7 posted on 07/01/2012 8:51:51 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

Ahh, you may be right

0bamatax is a “sin” tax

The progressives believe many things are bad for you, and as your nanny, penalize you for bad behavor.

Sin Taxes are not limited to the sins of : smoking, drinking alcohol, freeloading, not eating your peas,drinking more than 16oz of soda pop per minute, or what pops into dingbat Pelosi’s head on any given day


17 posted on 07/01/2012 9:03:56 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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