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WritOfCertiorari
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« on: May 29, 2018, 05:52:09 PM »
Quote from: darklordoftech on May 28, 2018, 02:47:40 PM
I'm surprised that the government doesn't leave "vices" unregulated so that people are content and therefore distracted from whatever the government wants to do.

Because the main thing government "wants to do" is tax and spend, and vices are a perfect excuse to do so.
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WritOfCertiorari
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« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2018, 07:16:08 PM »
Quote from: darklordoftech on May 29, 2018, 06:56:57 PM
Quote from: WritOfCertiorari on May 29, 2018, 05:52:09 PM
Quote from: darklordoftech on May 28, 2018, 02:47:40 PM
I'm surprised that the government doesn't leave "vices" unregulated so that people are content and therefore distracted from whatever the government wants to do.

Because the main thing government "wants to do" is tax and spend, and vices are a perfect excuse to do so.
You can't tax something that's illegal.

Are cigarettes, alcohol, and guns illegal? Yet all three are taxed.
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