Drug and prostitution to boost GDP and growth

[Janic]

Hello
They are all crazy these humans!

[Ahmed]

Yes, they are crazy to obey a constraint that they have set themselves and objectified themselves into an autonomous fetish.

[Did67]

Certainly and if the drug trafficking was legal, the state would like its share ...

Indeed. And fortunately. Do not be shocked!

As has been said, the market value of the drug results from the illegality of the distribution and not from the cost of production (counter-whiskey, at the time of the prohibition, was also very expensive; alcohol circulating under the mantle in strictly Muslim countries).

Hence the approach proposed by some, which is to legalize. As is the case with alcohol - more addictive than cannabis! - or tobacco.

Apporche who has his supporters.

But the price having an influence on consumption, a sound policy; in terms of distribution legal, is to increase the product, beyond its production / distribution costs. It would probably be shocking if the alcoholic drink luster is more expensive than the lurte of fruit juice. This is done by taxes. Perceived by the State and financing the activities of the State.

Which seems to me a lot more justifiable than the use made of the money of the traffic.

Even if the automobile sector (large luxury sedans), aeronautics (private aviation), yachting (outboard) and more broadly the luxury and leisure industry also benefit from the money of the traffic, which ends so to get into GDP!

The first goal still seems to me to eradicate urban violence and young people who are murdered with kalashnikov in the street ...

[Ahmed]

If the drug became legal and very cheap, would you become a consumer?

[Did67]

No.

There is nevertheless a "certain link" between price and consumption that cannot be completely put aside. Although the figures are controversial, increases in tobacco have resulted in lower consumption (although there is also "legal trafficking" - purchases in neighboring countries that are less taxed).

Just as we can not completely put aside the lack of social acceptance that would encounter legislation that would sell ecstasy at the price of mint candy.

But that's just my opinion.

My purpose was rather to explain why beforehand, "in principle" in a way, the taxation by the State did not shock me. In reaction to the sentence of christophe, which I felt as such ...

I didn't write it, but the principle of a surcharge (because that's what it is; all products, even the most necessary, bear VAT; many, specific taxes - see TIPP on the oil pipeline or the CSPE on electricity, to name just these two "surcharges"), the principle of a surcharge does not make my hair stand on end. It is widely accepted on tobacco and alcohol (and therefore fuels, electricity and I could trouble others ...).

In short, the question of legalization should not, in my opinion always, be polluted by presenting a possible surtaxation as a scarecrow!

[Christophe]

Around Belgium: http://bigbrowser.blog.lemonde.fr/2014/ ... de-son-pib

Good brothels are legal in Belgium so a part is already declatée ...

[Christophe]

Here it is "official", the stups will count in the French GDP ... or how to tweak the figures of the growth!

http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/ ... _3234.html

INSEE to include drug trafficking in its calculation of gross domestic product

This decision aims to align the French gross domestic product with that of its European neighbors, which already take this data into account.

Is it a bit of the argument "The others cheat so we cheat"?

Me I Goure?

[Remundo]

they should also integrate the trafficking of arms, dogs and dildos. Not to mention the benefits of hired killers and prostitution.

[sen-no-sen]

Colombia must have a lot of GDP!

[Christophe]

Prostitution is planned ... It is even in the title of this subject that dates from 2014 ... For the traffic of weapon, not worth it: France remains one of the 5 first arms salesman in the world , do not bother to take into account the traffic!

So if we reason well: the more there will be shit trafficking (drugs, human ...), the more politicians will be able to satisfy themselves to have a "good" growth ... How can we accept this in a country of rights?