Keep the masses comfortable then give them the shaft by taking away their “rights” with regulations. Oh yes, stock pile ammunition just in case they “we” resist... “Bread & Circuses.”
Just like "life" in Jurassic Park, Adam Smith "will find a way."
High taxes depress on-the-books entrepreneurial activity.
“Granted the person who rents a room in their home or provides a ride on occassion isn’t subject to the taxes, regulations, licensure and authorization fees that an actual motel owner or cab operator has to put up with. But rideshare providers pay taxes on the fuel, tires and insurance that they consume when they’re driving, and room hosts pay taxes on the energy and food consumed by each of their in-home visitors. “
This is like trying to say renters pay property taxes/school taxes through their rent payments and utility costs.