It Must Produce Revenue
Eric is discussing my post Prevention Methods, and looks at the harms that making things illegal causes. A commenter chimes in with this bit of wisdom.
...many of these “illegal drug” like Marijuana can be produced without a good means of tax revenue – another reason to outlaw themYou can make quite a bit of your own booze (200 gal a year I believe) without paying any taxes (a permit may be required). I wonder if we should be making alcohol illegal to recover that lost revenue. Oh. Wait. If they make alcohol illegal there is zero revenue. Only enforcement costs. Barring the usual
Cross Posted at Classical Values
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