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17 sats \ 1 reply \ @ZeroFade_0xa8 17h \ on: Sin Taxes: For European Welfare and Nannyism (The Economist, Charlemagne) econ
Incredible how Europe has managed to turn abstaining from sin... into a funding model. The Systembolaget doesn’t sell alcohol — it discourages the crime of the midday glass. And the best part? The more people behave, the less money the state gets. So for the system to work properly, its morality kind of has to fail. A pleasure to read. Hell to live through (especially if you’re craving a cold bottle of wine on a Sunday).
Better get it on Saturday, then, say my German and Austrian friends who, incredibly, think it's perfectly OK that all stores are closed on a Sunday.
Retards, all of them; straight to jail
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