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Re:Man 3D Prints 110 Guns, Sells Them to Buyback Program for... by missingnull on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @01:37AM (#33076971)
This happened in a British colony (India I think but not sure). The government tried to fight poisonous snakes by offering reward for a dead snake. Locals started to breed these snakes and turned them in to the government.
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Re:Man 3D Prints 110 Guns, Sells Them to Buyback Program for... by pushedx on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @01:46AM (#33077016)
The “Cobra Effect” Wikipedia article has a nice entertaining list of them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive

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Re:Man 3D Prints 110 Guns, Sells Them to Buyback Program for... by Thorentis on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @01:59AM (#33077065)
Wow this is basically a list of shame about poor government decisions.
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Re:Man 3D Prints 110 Guns, Sells Them to Buyback Program for... by codeduck on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @03:23AM (#33077447)
"Tax the rat farms" - Havelock Vetinari
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