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Real world, sin taxes lead to sin.
by LorenPechtel 7mo ago
Real world, sin taxes lead to sin.
- triceratops 7mo agoExplain. Is this like "guys walking with rifles in the woods cause deer"?
- protocolture 7mo agoI mean, thats also a thing in abstract. We have this issue with imported deer, that the local hunters will gladly reduce their population, but not to zero. And baits and other methods are prohibited. Deer were likely imported for hunting, and hunters effectively protect the species from eradication by killing off their competition (roos mostly), and permitting them to breed within limits. Not to mention trying to protect them politically. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-05/hunters-call-for-end-to-sa-deer-eradication-program/103421454 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-05/hunters-call-for-end-... So yeah, guys walking with rifles in the woods cause deer.
- triceratops 7mo agoRight we were talking about introduced invasive species in Australia. That was absolutely the point I was making /s
- LorenPechtel 7mo agoWhen you have a sin tax the government benefits from the sin. Thus it does not take effective measures to reduce the sin.
- triceratops 7mo agoSo you only read the first part of my sentence and not the second part. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47314756 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47314756 here you can read it again.