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I think that taxing to discourage behavior is fine, but linking the tax revenue to a benefit is incorrect since eventually the discouraged behavior no longer can finance the benefit, or the budget feels that they have a new income stream and thus no longer allocate funds.
The examples of this are the cigarette taxes to healthcare, and lottery where the schools win too.
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