Hey, why stop there,. let’s legalize all kinds of illegal things and just charge a tax for it! Who cares what kind of message this sends! Look at Mexico, all you need to do is pay the “tax” to a police officer and you can do almost anything you want! Why shouldn’t America throw in the towel on crime fighting and do the same? Why, we could even disband all the police forces and save a ton of money that way, just replace them with IRS agents to collect the required tax for whatever formerly illegal activity you are interested in.