CDR: Re: Voluntary Mandatory Taxes

[sunder]

Tom Vogt wrote:
> 
> in theory. in real life, consumption does NOT change a tiny bit with
> price changes. there's a (largely theoretical) cut-off point, where
> consumption suddenly drops to or near zero after a certain price, but
> I'm not aware of any events where this actually happened.

Probably the quite near the point where some of the sheeple wake up to the fact that it's a losing situation (i.e. they'll be
bankrupt if they continue supporting their tabacco habit), pick up their weapons and steal said tabacco, or grow their own, etc. 
Not all those who are addicted will give up.  Others will of course give it up cold turkey.

[However, you can look at petrol products in terms of addiction, especially if it's a necessity in getting to work.]


In the US this was of course how the mobs got in power by making and selling alcohol.

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