The government has a long rich history of paying people to act certain way as well as taxing them for behavior they don't like.
Government pays farmers not to farm (startpage.com).
Government pays criminals not to commit crimes (startpage.com).
Sin taxes penalize people for bad behavior (startpage.com).
The government has a long rich history of paying people to act certain way as well as taxing them for behavior they don't like.
[Government pays farmers not to farm](https://www.startpage.com/sp/search?query=pay+not+farm).
[Government pays criminals not to commit crimes](https://www.startpage.com/sp/search?query=pay+not+crime).
[Sin taxes penalize people for bad behavior](https://www.startpage.com/sp/search?query=sin+tax).
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