Cutting down on meat consumption is something I support. But I don't believe in increased taxation – that extra money will just end up being spent on pork barre

Cutting down on meat consumption is something I support. But I don't believe in increased taxation – that extra money will just end up being spent on pork barrel legislation and the like by the politicians. When consumption does finally go down, taxes will again need to be raised for other things to make up for the downfall because they will not want to decrease spending. Why don't we encourage more research into lab grown meat instead?