There’s no worse feeling for a lawmaker than when a law they’ve created doesn’t work at all. Assuming, of course, that they have feelings to begin with.

According to The Northern Advocate, a new law designed to stop tagging won’t stop taggers from doing what their name says.

The law increases the fine from $200 to $2,000 and prohibits the sale of spray paints to people who are under 18, even if it’s for a class project on the dangers of inhaling aerosols.

The paper talked to some local taggers who said they won’t let the law disrupt their business. One tagger described his hobby as an addiction and said it’s all about “fame, attention and becoming a ‘gangster.’” But how will that look on a resumé?

The main problem with the bill is most of the tagging occurs in poor areas, so what makes anyone think they’ll pay a $2,000 fine? Maybe if some snooty art dealer sees the graffiti, slaps it in a frame and buys it so he can sell it to some even snootier art dealer, then it’s got a chance.