[OneWingedShark]

And its mostly regulation free and largely anonymous. While I wouldn’t argue that its making up for all of the loss in the brick and mortar economy, its picking up some some part of the slack.

It won't matter if out Krazy Kongress Kabuki puts up a big fuel-tax like they're talking about and the fuel prices go back up.
In fact, if diesel hits $5/Gal [Avg] we can kiss our shipping goodbye — and we'll see the prices of needful items skyrocket.

[RKBA Democrat]

Its over $6.50 a gallon in Britain right now. And thats a lot less than it was. But your point is well taken. The scumiticians will tax the hell out of fuel. Because they can. And because its easier to chase down.

Taxes are really whats driving the amnesty thing as well. Here we have a population living on the edge of the economy that seems to be doing just fine. The scumiticians want to tax them. So they want to give them an incentive to be part of the official economy. Hence amnesty.