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by thomasmiller_ 1892 days ago
Probably an unpopular proposal, but higher taxes on alcohol?
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which creates the illicit tier of untaxed alcohol trade. maybe this is tolerable because not everyone will do it and others will just buy less?
nope it's bad, more people will get sick from drinking black market booze
Right, it's less draconian than outright prohibition and while the illicit trade will surely exist, for most people the default bias will (probably) be there.