More on Sin Tax: So we live in this country of fundamentalist Christians who have decided that their model for governance should be Iran, but the best way to fund the government is by taxing our sinful behavior. Let's see—as a fundamentalist you are adamantly opposed to smoking, drinking, gambling and prostitution, but in order to raise money for your schools you want to tax these behaviors. That means you've got to count on people continuing to perform the very behaviors you say you're opposed to. Obviously, you are not going to do much to discourage people from imbibing in these behaviors.

As my grandpapy used to say, life just keeps getting curiouser and curioser.