“So, do you agree that “the power to tax is the power to destroy” or not? I do. Do you? You seem to want to have it both ways on this point.”
Yes, I agree with you, as would most reasonable people.
My point, though, was that YOU were the one that made the leap to turn this into a taxation issue. That isn’t what we were discussing at the time. We were discussing whether addressing something legislatively necessarily meant that we were declaring it illegal, as the author of the original piece stated in setting up his “straw man.”
Wrong. Here's what you posted:
...can’t anyone imagine even a single legislative effort that would encourage the positive trend? Here’s just one: No sales taxes on fruits and vegetables.
It was you who first mentioned taxes. I was responding to you.