I assume you mean this rat tax would be instead of the rat bounty. If that is the case, then I agree it would probably be a better solution than the rat bounty.

I assume you mean this rat tax would be instead of the rat bounty. If that is the case, then I agree it would probably be a better solution than the rat bounty. But, as long as we are exploring alternate solutions to the original problem, my feeling is that it would be better overall to spend more on garbage collection and street cleaning.