No I have debunked your points already. I do not think that Taxes are a pubishment. Please do not confuse fines and taxes.
Your prove it or movie it ideology whatsoever is not wrong, I won't disagree with the guns etc and whatever ways gangs sought to monopolize. There are two big problems now - one is you and the other is monopolising. You claimed its an issue but you've expressed resignation at it and say that it should be left as it is. No way that's going to work out.
To be able to even attain some hours successfully, the gangs will have to be able to capture the bases. If we do not get the monopolists out of the way, there is no way they are going to do that sustainably. Every gang can recruit members with high abilities in basing, but to get them to stay is to prove that the gang can successfully maintain a hold on the base. We tax the monopolists, it will not discourage newer gangs from basing just because they will face the same thing in future. If at the point in time that they face the same measures, they would have amassed thousands of hours that would put them closer to gaining the exotic rewards and no leader with a sound mind would stop basing just because they are regulated. Afterall, they can still get hours until they reach the cap.