Yes you sound stupid (m) (archive)

This might be OT, but I was just wondering if any person has resisted paying luxury tax on the basis that it limits freedom of speech. Im not a lawyer so I may sound stupid, ..Is it not my right to express myself through buying an "expensive car" and does not imposing a tax on only certain items (Ex. a car labled a "luxury item")limit one's freedom of expression?
a hypothetical situation..im not rich but i wish to own a "luxury car" for the needs of my own personal expression (i wanna LOOK rich). Enlighten me someone...

Sorry to be so blunt that's one of silliest things I've read in a long time. Buying something has never been a form of "speech".

If what you claim is true, that would mean that the US government would be required to give us anything we wanted. Otherwise that would be a restriction on our ability to "express" ourselves (through our personal belongings).

And even if for some unknown reason you prove in a court of law that buying luxury automobiles was a form of expression that still does not necessarily mean the government could not tax those purchases. Freedom of speech (expression) is not absolute, despite what the First Admendment says. Limits on speech have been with us since the founding of this country.

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Let me give you some better examples (m) mwang 23:23 11/12/2000 (0)

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