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blitzarlast Monday at 9:44 AM1 replyview on HN

Alcohol duty, levies on cigarettes, gambling, sugar taxes etc are considered "sin taxes" and are certainly micromanagement.

“taxing the tool” makes me think of transaction taxes, like a tobin tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobin_tax


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smikhanovlast Monday at 9:56 AM

Well, fuel duty is a better example then