If the activity isn't bad enough to ticket and fine people over, it's not bad enough for the government to discourage. It also takes the focus away from problems that harm society and shifts it unjustly to individual acts that, by themselves, don't hurt anyone. For example:
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or if buying alcohol had a tax to pay for police services.
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I have no problem with fines for people who drive drunk, start barfights, etc., but alcohol taxes affect those who drink responsibly as much as those who cause problems.