Oh Potheads how you make me giggle.......

[clublights]

So they got 64 passed on the premise that the tax money could be used for schools and roads and all that jazz...


Now they are protesting the the tax... apparently 25% is too high ( tho it is about 30% just in colorado taxes on tobacco....)



Oh how they make me laugh...

http://kdvr.com/2013/09/08/pot-tax-p...c-center-park/

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

Saw that this morning.
This part is my absolute favorite:

Lopez, who believes the industry is already overtaxed and over-regulated, supervised a joint-rolling session at a Denver park on Sunday afternoon. He said Monday’s marijuana distribution would help demonstrate that an untaxed black market in pot could flourish if Proposition AA is passed in November.

[clublights]

yeah they want it both ways ....

legal but untaxed...


Sorry kids don't work that way ...

[ray1970]

Maybe we can make a deal with these hippy liberal bastards. (Since they seem to keep electing most of the people in charge).

They can have their tax free pot if we can have back some of our firearms rights.

[TheWeeze]

See I think the issue is that there is already a black market set up for marijuana. And you put too high of a tax on it and the market will keep going. You start low, then build it up over the years, everything will work itself out. Companies will start manufacturing it in packs (like the tobacco and alcohol industries) at lower costs than they can get it from a dealer, then the dealers have no reason to keep selling it, then tax the piss out of it. Everybody is happy.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Maybe we can make a deal with these hippy liberal bastards. (Since they seem to keep electing most of the people in charge).

They can have their tax free pot if we can have back some of our firearms rights.

No. Our firearms rights are rights, we shouldn't have to trade anything for them -- and they need to pay tax on their recreational MJ just as I need to pay tax on my bottle of Scotch or Malbec. No deals.

[Zundfolge]

They can have their tax free pot if we can have back some of our firearms rights.

Some no, ALL ok, maybe I'm willing to talk.

By "all" that means I get to legally CCW without a license onto a commercial airliner flying into NYC an HK MP5k that I bought anonymously via Craigslist from a seller in another state or better yet one I ordered off of HK's webstore and had shipped from Germany directly to my door.

[clublights]

See I think the issue is that there is already a black market set up for marijuana. And you put too high of a tax on it and the market will keep going. You start low, then build it up over the years, everything will work itself out. Companies will start manufacturing it in packs (like the tobacco and alcohol industries) at lower costs than they can get it from a dealer, then the dealers have no reason to keep selling it, then tax the piss out of it. Everybody is happy.

I think yes and no ...

Kinda like Steve Jobs said with MP3's and the iTunes store .. once there was a legal way to download music more people did it that way rather then steal it ( yes there is still alot of pirated music out there but it is not even close to what it used to be )

I think pot will be the same when you can just run to your corner store to get it and not have to do "shady deals" you are more likely to go the legal route . Less hassle, less fear.

[Justin]

No. Our firearms rights are rights, we shouldn't have to trade anything for them -- and they need to pay tax on their recreational MJ just as I need to pay tax on my bottle of Scotch or Malbec. No deals.

State sales tax on hooch is 2.9%. My math may be off, but last time I checked, 25% is a much larger amount.

Confiscatory tax rates are but one way elected officials can destroy an industry while still allowing it to be technically legal.

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[Colorado_Outback]

I think pot will be the same when you can just run to your corner store to get it and not have to do "shady deals" you are more likely to go the legal route . Less hassle, less fear.

LOL.

This thread is hilarious.