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ease up! money is money no! laws are laws!
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according to George A. Manning, organized crime is a major industry of the united states, in 1986 single handedly forming 1.13% of the american economy, employing over 500,000 people, with around $150,000,000,000 income.

After leaving a recession, and still in the midst of an economic slump, should the united states government consider easing up on organized crime in order to maximize american profits from the black marker? 

 

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ease up! money is money

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no! laws are laws!

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In some cases organize crime may be as profitable as it is because of conditions caused by its criminality. If something is illegal the risk and possible cost of supplying/producing it increases, probably causing the number of producers and suppliers to be lower and the price to be higher then otherwise. At the same time though if it were legal you may have more demand for it. legalization of a illegal substance may increase suppliers and demand but each have the opposite effect on the industry's profitability.

The economy is a complex dynamic system, the effects some changes in the law may have are often hard to model with much precision.

certainly not in every case, but in the majority of cases something is illegal because of the harm it does, either to health, the economy, or liberty and criminalizing it reduces that harm.

If we ease up on our laws, Then we are increasing our risk of harm with no certainty of the economy improving.

Side: no! laws are laws!
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"In some cases organize crime may be as profitable as it is because of conditions caused by its criminality. If something is illegal the risk and possible cost of supplying/producing it increases, probably causing the number of producers and suppliers to be lower and the price to be higher then otherwise. At the same time though if it were legal you may have more demand for it. legalization of a illegal substance may increase suppliers and demand but each have the opposite effect on the industry's profitability."

There are many ways to 'ease up' on law.

For instance, certain profitable crimes could have a lesser punishment in jail. That is still easing up on it, without actually making it legal.

It would also allow the criminals/businessmen back into the (black) market earlier.

and less money would be spent accommodating them in jail

Side: no! laws are laws!