“Poisonous alcohol still kills—16 people died just this month after drinking lethal booze in Indonesia, where bootleggers make their own brews to avoid steep ta

“Poisonous alcohol still kills—16 people died just this month after drinking lethal booze in Indonesia, where bootleggers make their own brews to avoid steep taxes—but that's due to unscrupulous businessmen rather than government order.” While I have a somewhat hard time believing the basic premise of this article in general, this statement makes no sense. What is the difference between a tax which is severe enough to have people make deadly-bad decisions, and a policy which(granted in this case with dubious proof) causes the exact same deadly-bad decisions?