Prop AA: The weed tax

[Irving]

And if it doesn't it will make me feel better that the majority of the folks affected are the same ones that voted against my guns.

This is where you and others are deluding yourselves. The cross section of people who voted for people to legalize weed is the same as the cross section of people who would vote to legalize alcohol. While guns as an issue may draw a stark line between parties, weed is not guns and you can't draw that same line between those that support and those that don't, the issue. Great job on fearing a make believe boogey man I guess.

[merl]

If it is any consolation, they can only raise each part of the tax up to a maximum of 15%. It is at 25% now. Interested to see how these all pan out.

I expect a bill very early to raise it to 15% before prices stabilize.

[def90]

Haven't read all of the pages in between but taxing the hell out of pot will only cause the black market to flourish.. why buy pot that is highly taxed when you can get the same thing from the same people you have been getting it from for the last 40 years for less? Pot will be legal and crime will be rampant.. no one with a brain will figure it out though.

[Circuits]

The real watershed was making it legal for "medicinal uses" which meant you could cultivate legally. What doesn't make it out high-tax free to "MMJ" stores, will magically disappear into the untaxed black market.

Congrats on keeping shit underground, AA supporters. Maybe out of state pot tourists will pay the high taxes for the legal thrill?

[Ridge]

Haven't read all of the pages in between but taxing the hell out of pot will only cause the black market to flourish.. why buy pot that is highly taxed when you can get the same thing from the same people you have been getting it from for the last 40 years for less? Pot will be legal and crime will be rampant.. no one with a brain will figure it out though.

The black market already flourishes. At worst, nothing will change. More likely is that the more sheepish law breakers will suck it up and go the legal route.

[GilpinGuy]

Haven't read all of the pages in between but taxing the hell out of pot will only cause the black market to flourish.. why buy pot that is highly taxed when you can get the same thing from the same people you have been getting it from for the last 40 years for less? Pot will be legal and crime will be rampant.. no one with a brain will figure it out though.

Pot was illegal for the last 40 years. Was crime more rampant then or now that it's legal? The black market will not INCREASE due to taxes, it will only stay the same as it has been for decades and decades. This seems so obvious to me.

[sniper7]

It passed. I win. I feel better.

[osok-308]

Pot was illegal for the last 40 years. Was crime more rampant then or now that it's legal? The black market will not INCREASE due to taxes, it will only stay the same as it has been for decades and decades. This seems so obvious to me.

While crime will not go rampant, high taxes just gives incentives to people to grow their own weed and sell it tax free. It's a plant so I assume that it grows easily (hey, potheads can do it). The tax probably won't bring in that much in revenue because people CAN just grow it. But Hey, I could be wrong. I guess time will tell.

[sniper7]

There was no tax revenue to start with. Growing is a pretty involved task especially in this climate.
now is the time to make growing it and selling it illegally (there is a legal path) a way to financially ruin your life and take away everything you hold valuable. That will give them cause to follow the law and pay the tax.

This is exactly what was done with guns. We now pay $10 per transfer, you can lose your right to even own a gun if you don't follow the law, etc etc...

Like I said, it is time for payback. Let these fuckers know what it is like for liberalism to give them a strong backhand in their life. See how they like the man then....

[Irving]

The Rico Act is old news Sniper. You are 20 years late to the party.