I have a working theory that if the the recession turns out to be long-term, a number of moral laws (arguably, archaic moral laws) are going to be overturned so that activities like prostitution, marijuana, and gambling will generate more tax revenues for strapped states.

Apparently, this has already begun, but it’s a small thing in a state where the activity is already legal to some extent.

And… five bucks? From what I hear, that’s somewhere between a one percent and two percent tax. If you’re going to do a sin tax, do it right.