 And now, great moments in unintended consequences. Part one, the yacht plot. The year, 1990. The problem? A national debt that had exploded. The solution? A 10% luxury tax on expensive boats. Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong? It turns out that while wealthy people buy yachts, it's usually middle-income people who make them. This giant middle finger of a tax plan and cut sales of luxury boats by 70% sent companies overseas or into Chapter 11 destroyed hundreds of thousands of middle-class jobs and resulted in a net loss in tax revenue. Turns out, it was all for yacht. Part two, who's hungry Mao? The year is 1958. The problem? Birds eating too much grain in China. The solution? Chairman Mao labels the Eurasian sparrow as the capitalist enemy of the state, kicking off a nationwide campaign to eradicate the species. Sounds like an idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong? It turns out, sparrows also eat insects, and insects eat a lot more grain than sparrows do. A hundred million dead birds later, grain yields plummeted in China, resulting in massive famine, starvation, and deaths estimated between 15 and 45 million people. On the bright side, at least China learned its lesson about rounding up unwanted population. Part three, vaccination proclamations. The year 2021. The problem? Effective distribution for a vaccine with a short shelf life. New York's solution? Create a massively detailed yet questionable priority schedule, then mandate appointments, pushing applicants, including the elderly, toward a buggy website to answer lengthy questionnaires and upload multiple attachments. When that slows things down, find distribution centers for giving up out-to-expire doses to non-priority patients. When they throw expired doses away, find them for not using their entire supply fast enough. Also, remove the priority status of frontline workers who don't get it early enough, and threaten to strip medical licenses and future vaccine delivery for those who don't comply with all the rules created and changed on a daily basis. Sounds like... Come on, New York, get it together. Just don't forget to cover up nursing home deaths and blame the federal government when you collect your M.A. Great moments and unintended consequences. Good intentions, bad results.