Democrats haven’t tried to introduce a pointless tax in awhile, so expect them to start bleating about tacking a surcharge onto meat purchases soon.
The left loves taking your money, they’re not happy unless the government coffers are plump with taxpayer dollars. A meat tax, once viewed as absurd, is now being seriously considered.
“We have never been closer to a meat tax,” said Ashley Byrne, associate director of campaigns for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
“We have seen people—including meat eaters—realizing that meat is bad for their health and meat is taking this incredible toll on the environment. People seem more open than ever to an excise tax on meat. If we are going to tax tobacco, if we are going to tax soda, it absolutely makes sense to have a similar tax on meat.”
The hippies really want you to pay more for your meat, and it looks like they’re going to get their way. Industry experts are already smacking their lips in anticipation of increased profits.
“Taxation at its core is about raising revenue, but it’s also about social policy,” said Stephen Blazick, a state and local tax partner with Reed Smith LLP in Philadelphia.
“Meat taxes are probably not a concern for the immediate future in the United States, but with the perceived health effects of significant meat consumption and the arguable impacts on the environment in terms of increased greenhouse gases, meat taxes could be a source of revenue in the future.”
The Democrat’s agenda relies on heavy taxes. They insist that taking money from poor people’s paychecks and feeding it to the government will somehow lead to more prosperity for everyone.
Some people aren’t convinced that Americans will accept a meat tax.
“The difference between a soda tax and a meat tax is no one has to consume soda. There are no beneficial aspects to soda pop, where meat has numerous beneficial nutrients,” John Cawley, an economics professor at Cornell University and co-director of its Institute on Health Economics, Health Behaviors and Disparities, said.
“So it’s going to be seen as regressive. In general, food taxes fall hardest on the poor because they have to spend a larger percentage of their income on food.”
(Source: Bloomberg Law)