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Most stuff is bought by scalpers and sold on the black market anyway

It's not a black market if it's a market for legal goods, it's just a market.

Just not one where sales tax is paid I presume. It’s at least not part of the “formal economy” that will show up on a public profit and loss sheet.

Fun fact: one term for the informal economy is "System D": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_D