Social engineering; where government provides some sort of incentive, or roadblock to change your behavior. Apparently it’s their business to encourage us to live a certain way. We get encouraged to become greener through homeowner renovation rebates, we get encouraged to take the bus through tax deductions on our passes, we get encouraged to get married and have children through income tax breaks. The list goes on and on.
Whether they intend it or not it doesn’t matter; government has no business encouraging us in our life choices by giving financial incentives or by putting up financial roadblocks. I don’t smoke and I think it’s bad for you. So does the government, so they will encourage you to quit by taxing cigarettes and make some profit on the side. Sounds like a sweet idea; Take the moral stance on health, knowing you will make a bundle in profit.
When I watched a special on income taxes, an activist summed it up pretty well in regards to the incentives; “It’s none of the governments business what I do in life, I have a wife and a mother for that!”
I think what is worse though is that yet again the government is taking money from group A and giving it to group B, simply because group B meets some special criteria. That is what I have a problem with. Free people can and should be able to live however they want, as long as they don’t intrude on the lives of others.
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