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Will Rogers

We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?

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Will Rogers is suggesting that since crime is difficult to control, it might be more practical to make illegal activities legal and then use taxes to reduce or eliminate them. This idea uses business principles, implying that taxation could discourage harmful behaviors by making them too expensive to continue.

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