What if we taxed advertising?

>>matthe+(OP)
This post came from this HN discussion earlier this week:

What if we made advertising illegal?

>>matthe+f
We should outright forbid it in public space. IHMO.

Also I'd say lets only tax undesirable behaviour!

So not tax:

* wages

* having a house

* adding value (VAT)

But so tax:

* land use

* polluting

* packaging (could be part of polluting)

* accumulating profits at the top

This idea has some similarities to:

>>cies+Pd
> We should outright forbid [advertising] in public space. IHMO.

My cousin died to protect your right to say this. Ads are speech too.

>>Galati+cf
It's totally established precedent that billboards, signs, etc are limited. Whether they should be or not, I'm not sure, but that's how it is currently: https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/billboards/#:~:text=...

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