US ambassador killed over a film

[Kevin]

In the case of drugs this is why I'm in favor of legalized and taxed and that tax rate being adjustable based on the amount of public monies required to clean up the messes that it causes. In that way, the primary involved are still paying for the consequences or potential consequences. Of course that does lead to a slippery slope, where do you stop? Do you tax sugar/fat to help the system pay for the potential consequences later?

Or do you wait till the consequences happen, and clean up, and potentially not get any payment for that?

In both cases (pay ahead, pay later) responsible people can still end up footing the bill, since responsible alcohol users would end up paying for the irresponsible ones. Or just the genetically blessed who don't suffer the long term health affects pay for those who aren't.

I also realize the whole "other people's money" and how governments all tend to spend money that is supposed to be for Budget Item X on Budget Item Y.

I think it would also require changing laws and possibly the constitution about how taxes are handled. I know that the recent health care stuff was deemed OK but I'm not sure everything like that would withstand a challenge.