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U.S. border officials have caught more people with eggs than fentanyl this year(www.ctvnews.ca)

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huppakee@lemm.ee
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It’s because there is not enough tariffs in place.

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chaosCruiser@futurology.today
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If an artist is using their grant money on booze and art supplies, the government will get a fair bit of the money back through taxes. If the artist does drugs instead, the government is missing out. The obvious choice would be to start taxing all narcotics and intoxicants.

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sfxrlz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Also in general, you would save loads of money wasted on war on drugs

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FauxLiving@lemmy.world
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Lemmy poster angling for a cabinet position:

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