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Re:Chicago successfully taxes streaming services by echelon on Saturday May 18, 2019 @02:10PM (#19948822)
Could they raise more money by locally legalizing more "sins" and heavily taxing them? Something of a cross between Las Vegas and Colorado could pull in a lot of revenue.
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Re:Chicago successfully taxes streaming services by lotsofpulp on Saturday May 18, 2019 @02:53PM (#19949062)
They already do, via video game gambling in bars:

https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article230192814.html

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Re:Chicago successfully taxes streaming services by czbond on Saturday May 18, 2019 @02:37PM (#19948968)
I suspect they will. As a resident of Colorado, once the politicians realize they can MAKE money off it, rather than spending considerably more money ON it (eg: jails, etc)... the transition suddenly "makes sense".
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Re:Chicago successfully taxes streaming services by thelasthuman on Saturday May 18, 2019 @07:30PM (#19950318)
It's so sad that undoing horrible laws and ineffective prohibitions must come down to dollars and cents, rather than the innate freedom we all should have.

Land of the fee, home of the slave.

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