From: Randall Parker 

Tanj,

I think you are both right. Each motive is a factor at least some of the
time. Though your stated reason is probably the more prevalent of the two.

In article <392ff6dd$1{at}w3.nls.net>, Tanj{at}akiben.com says...
> No, it wants a particular consituency's votes more than its money, or vice
> versa.
>
blucy{at}mediaone.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1399a96f1258dcf898992b{at}news.barkto.com...
> > But the reason the government makes something non-taxable or taxable is
> pretty
> > obvious -- it wants to either make a thing desirable or non-desirable.
>

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