A 0.05-cent piece of foil gets taxed 50 cents, then taxed again as revenue. Justified in theory. Meanwhile the real trash piles up at the lake, untaxed and untouched. New post on taxing the wrapper instead of the cause.

🔗 https://kairos-prometheon.com/en/blog/2026-06-24-foil-alchemy/

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The Alchemy of Foil: A Short Treatise on Taxing the Wrapper

A fifty-cent tax on a fraction-of-a-cent piece of foil, taxed again as revenue. Justified, sure. But the real trash pile is at the lake, untouched.

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