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"If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. And if it stops moving subsidize it" --Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)

I find this really interesting because to me, that sounds like the motivating statement behind a very liberal government.

That is, driven by this statement, prostitution and cannabis would have been legalized in the US long ago - after all, why make something illegal if you can instead tax it?

(This is my understanding of how Switzerland, where cash is king, does it).

Ah, after reading up on the topic, it seems like Reagan said this (pre-presidency) about the US economy (and government) at the time, so it it is supposed to read much more like a criticism than a target.

That aligns more with my understanding of Reagan's economic ideas.

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