[carenot]

As one example, think about the difficulties of collecting sales tax on illegal drugs.

Yeah, good point. I really would hate to lose all the tax money we get from the sell of illegal drugs.

[palmer]

You are proving my point. If we can't stop illegal drug sales, it means we probably can't tax it either, whether home made, home grown or smuggled. If we set up a high retail sales tax, the same thing can happen with almost any merchandise.