When it comes to taxes, there aren’t very many original thoughts on the subject. The same old methods, occasionally with a smear of lipstick, rise and fall with the same platitudes about why they work when they’re introduced and why they don’t work on the rare occasions when they’re pulled.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/insider/new-taxes-like-canadas-luxury-tax-have-a-way-of-spreading