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I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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About 250,000 people a year find their criminal record altered by a trip to prison on charges related to m-j. This is an identifiable number that are not satisfied with the current situation. Note that number, actually a little more than that, occurs despite the major drug enforcement people saying that pot is not a priority.
The stuff is WAY less addictive than alcohol or 21-year-old pu**y. So it's time for it to come out of the closet. And substantial gains in quality are possible. According to the national drug czar, big gains have already been made. He said that in a speech that tweeked everyone's curiousity by saying "This is not your father's pot. This stuff is 4 times as potent." Of course he meant that to sound bad.No matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
"I played it [Civilization] for three months and then realised I hadn't done any work. In the end, I had to delete all the saved files and smash the CD." Iain Banks, author
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Originally posted by Kidicious View PostThe amount going to the government would be as minimal as that collected from tobacco sales. Yes, the price would be lower, and that means farmers wouldn't get much. But then tobacco farmers don't get that much from tobacco unless they have huge operations. Just like other agricultural products the big guys and the middle men will get paid hansomely, not the small guys.No matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
"I played it [Civilization] for three months and then realised I hadn't done any work. In the end, I had to delete all the saved files and smash the CD." Iain Banks, author
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Originally posted by Blaupanzer View PostSounds Win-Win-Win-Win to me (users, farmers, government, police).The undeserving maintain power by promoting hysteria.
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Originally posted by Blaupanzer View PostActually, cigarettes are a huge bonanza for state governments. All but about 75 cents a pack goes to government at some level. Here, a pack cost just under $5. So I'd say serious money is on the table in Japher's proposal.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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Originally posted by Blaupanzer View PostActually, cigarettes are a huge bonanza for state governments. All but about 75 cents a pack goes to government at some level. Here, a pack cost just under $5. So I'd say serious money is on the table in Japher's proposal.
The California bill proposes a $50/ounce tax.
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It's the #1 cash crop in most states. Of course the problem with the $50 per ounce tax is that it is so high no one would pay it and they'd just keep buying it illegally.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.
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[Q=Kidicious;5540718]That's not true with black markets. There are a lot of people who depend on pot being illegal to make money. They make a lot more money selling drugs than they otherwise would.[/q]
But their incomes don't get taxed.
Also the law enforcement is good for the economy. That's a lot of paychecks that people wouldn't otherwise get.
But it's not money productively spent. Law enforcement doesn't produce anything, it just eats money . . . except the prison industry, which has slaves to produce all sorts of things, but the only people who get to spend money, the guards, don't get paid all that much.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
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Originally posted by chequita guevara View Post[Q=Kidicious;5540718]That's not true with black markets. There are a lot of people who depend on pot being illegal to make money. They make a lot more money selling drugs than they otherwise would.[/q]
But their incomes don't get taxed.
Also the law enforcement is good for the economy. That's a lot of paychecks that people wouldn't otherwise get.
But it's not money productively spent. Law enforcement doesn't produce anything, it just eats money . . . except the prison industry, which has slaves to produce all sorts of things, but the only people who get to spend money, the guards, don't get paid all that much.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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You jest, Japher, but it's a good plan. This, and proper healthcare reform would do a lot of good...
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The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.
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Making pot legal would cost jobs.
-Arriangrog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!
The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.
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Originally posted by Oerdin View PostIt's the #1 cash crop in most states. Of course the problem with the $50 per ounce tax is that it is so high no one would pay it and they'd just keep buying it illegally.
Yeah, there will people the people who are already connected who it won't effect much, but a lot of the users who don't use as much would still get it for 50$ tax probably.
However, I agree, the tax should be more like 10$ per ounce or something.
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