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>It's not even about having the money or not - they'd get it in the end anyways if you were caught - it's about having a second vector to convict you. Convicti

>It's not even about having the money or not - they'd get it in the end anyways if you were caught - it's about having a second vector to convict you. Convicting someone of a crime is expensive, and police and prosecutor resources are scarce. In many cases it's not cost effective to catch and prosecute people. There are also soft crimes like independent escorting where the government would appreciate the tax revenue rather than try to prosecute every violation of law.

arcticbull 5y ago
This report would indicate otherwise in re: narcotics tax stamps. [1] > Almost no dealers actually [anonymously purchase narcotics tax stamps], nor does [then-NYS governor] Mr. Spitzer expect them to. The vast majority of revenues from the tax are collected after law enforcement officials seize the drugs, said Kimberly Y. Brooks, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina Department of Revenue. > “It’s really about cutting the drug dealers off at the knees,” said Ms. Smith of the tax administrators group. “It kind of goes back to the Al Capone model.” Proving tax avoidance is much easier than proving a drug crime, she said, so the tax laws help the authorities keep seized drug money even when a suspect accused of dealing drugs goes free. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/nyregion/24drugs.html https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/nyregion/24drugs.html