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Soda Tax? No Free Lunch, Nor Cheap Soda

John wrote:
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It is looking as though there is no tax that these fellows oppose or would not consider using. ...

Actually, there seems to be one. They are not talking about ending the boondoggle that is the war on drugs. Over half the people in federal prison are there on drug charges, so that is a large cost that would go away. Now think of the taxes those people would pay if they were working. And the DEA is a huge cost. Finally, if drugs were legal and sold in some sort of regulated way, there would be a tax revenue stream similar to alcohol available. Compared to taxing coca-cola, this is a no brainer, and a huge revenue stream just waiting to happen.

It would do wonders for the political stability of Mexico and Colombia as well, and hit the Taliban in Afghanistan where it hurts (most of their funding is opium derived).

And it wouldn't really make drugs any more available than they already are.