Editor: I read the letter to the editor on the Jan. 27 issue of The Voice dealing with the taxing of the unvaxxed.
While I fully understand the sentiments, I disagree with the comparison with alcohol and tobacco consumers. I consume neither, however, if I am not mistaken, the combined federal/provincial tax on spirits is around 70 per cent and the combined tobacco tax is about $6 for a pack of 20.
Such taxes are defended precisely because of the additional burden that consumers of those products place on the health-care system. For obvious reasons, the HST was not included in the above numbers.
L.A. Forster
Chatham
