Prop AA: The weed tax

[merl]

My point is that it sets a precedent that is a bad precedent to set. It shouldn't be allowed for any reason.

I think we agree here, I'm not a fan of sin taxes at all. They tend to eventually get around to my sins.

(sometimes it is fun to be devils advocate and it was a single valid reason)

[Stevensje]

I was against Amendment 64 and still think it's bad policy but Denver needs a message to
1) listen to their constituents,
2) obey the will of the people instead of the reverse, and
3) live within the revenue they collect instead of constantly jacking up taxes.

I voted no on both 66 and AA.

DITTO

[brutal]

No new taxes. Not for the kids (liars, liars) not for the kids (pants on fire.)

[Zundfolge]

Can you provide a single valid reason to "tax the hell out of" anything?

Typically I'm opposed to any new taxes but frankly the people that are going to be most adversely affected by this tax are by and large my enemies ... while I acknowledge there are a handful of conservative and libertarian folk out there that smoke weed (or like me have no problem with it being legal even though we don't use it) but the vast majority of pot users are hardcore Democrats (and other assorted leftists) that are actively engaged in trying to take away my first and second amendment rights along with trying to eliminate free market capitalism so to hell with them.

I'm voting for AA purely out of spite and hate.
I'm voting for this rediculous tax purely to spit in the eye of pothead leftists that are ruining this beautiful state (and will if unchecked force me to leave it).
I am voting for AA simply to make the lives of people I hate just slightly less fulfilling than they would otherwise be.

I am voting for AA because for moral and legal reasons I can't simply shoot the fuckers, burn down their homes and piss on their graves.

This will be two firsts for me, it'll be the first time I've voted for a tax increase and the first time I've voted for reasons that were not either ideological or tactical.

[Irving]

As long as you can accept the unintended consequences. Your intention may be to voice your misplaced hate, but the message that will be received is that you are A-okay with being taxed on things you desire.

[Cthulhu]

No. No more taxes. Look, even if you hate weed and the people who smoke it don't support another unenforceable law.

[KLR650]

As a Libertarian I don't think it's the Gubs business what plants or potions someone owns/imbibes/trades. When we vote to support those policies, we do nothing to slow them down. Regardless of where one stands on this issue, we should not encourage those in power to make these kinds of policies, instead we should take back control of our bodies and what goes into them.

If it is to be taxed, than it should not be a greater tax than we are seeing on alcohol, because we can see that the market will bear those taxes.

If we embolden our greedy overlords, and they levy a tax which is more than the market will bear, than the black market wins.

[newracer]

I voted no because the tax rate is too high. I would agree with a tax equal to the amount needed to regulate it.

[Irving]

Why even say that the tax on alcohol is okay? The faster we all accept this BS, the faster is has ZERO chance of changing.

[KAPA]

Typically I'm opposed to any new taxes but frankly the people that are going to be most adversely affected by this tax are by and large my enemies ... while I acknowledge there are a handful of conservative and libertarian folk out there that smoke weed (or like me have no problem with it being legal even though we don't use it) but the vast majority of pot users are hardcore Democrats (and other assorted leftists) that are actively engaged in trying to take away my first and second amendment rights along with trying to eliminate free market capitalism so to hell with them.

I'm voting for AA purely out of spite and hate.
I'm voting for this rediculous tax purely to spit in the eye of pothead leftists that are ruining this beautiful state (and will if unchecked force me to leave it).
I am voting for AA simply to make the lives of people I hate just slightly less fulfilling than they would otherwise be.

I am voting for AA because for moral and legal reasons I can't simply shoot the fuckers, burn down their homes and piss on their graves.

This will be two firsts for me, it'll be the first time I've voted for a tax increase and the first time I've voted for reasons that were not either ideological or tactical.

I like this thinking and I think that is kind of where I am at on this issue. I think the gov needs to use the tax money they have in a far more efficient manner but at the same time, I was against 64 so the more thorns I can poke in the side of the typical pro-weed democrat the better.

No way in hell I vote for 66, especially since this weed tax is supposed to go to schools. Yes on Prop AA for me!