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Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by smhenderson on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @02:13PM (#29004017)
Why not? Taxes are usually preferable to outright bans (which, realistically, is how governments eliminate vice)

Governments that attempt to eliminate vice by banning inevitably simply drive it underground where it is then facilitated by dangerous black markets and criminal organizations.

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Re:10% of households pay more than 80% of taxes on alcohol a... by sdenton4 on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @02:17PM (#29004074)
And so long as the tax is less than (typically very expensive!) black-market overhead, that's not a problem.
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