Politician: Governments should tax any harmful substance that is available to the general public at a level that the tax would discourage continued use of the substance.
For any harmful substance available to the general public, the government should tax that substance at a level that discourages use of the substance.
Let’s look for an answer that involves the government taxing a harmful substance at a level that discourages use of the substance. Wrong answers will probably involve taxes of substances that aren’t harmful or failure to tax a harmful substance at a level that discourages use of the substance.
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(A) concerns raising taxes for the purpose of raising revenue. It’s not clear whether this discourages people from using sugar or is designed to discourage use.
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(B) involves a tax that is NOT expected to affect use of the substance.
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(C) is the only answer that involves a tax designed to discourage use of a harmful substance. That’s why it’s correct.
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(D) involves not raising a tax because of a higher tax’s impact on an industry. This doesn’t follow a principle advocating that the government should tax something.
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(E) involves lowering a tax to encourage research. This doesn’t involve setting tax at a level that discourages use of the harmful substance.
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