Prop AA: The weed tax

[milwaukeeshaker]

Cause they are a butt ugly car, and every owner that I have talked to is a treehugging, green weinie, liberal, gun hating, Democrap who thinks they are smugly "helping the environment" while you are a gross polluter. As to the original subject of this thread, taxation to me is an infringment of my freedoms. Letting the Govt tax anything allows them some measure of control. Most of you here on this site seem to think you have freedom in regards to your firearms, why would you want to take that same freedom of choice away from someone else by supporting the Govts. ability to tax their version of freedom? They don't like guns, you don't like "potheads" so lets each find a way to piss in the others post toasties? Give me a break! Hypocritical to the max. NO TO ANY NEW TAXES!!!

[O2HeN2]

Divide and conquer. Something the 'pols are great at. If you don't like taxes, don't vote for it, even if this particular tax won't stick it to you personally.

Who knows, the next AA might be a 25% tax on ammunition. Do you really want to be standing there trying to convince some pot smoker that they shouldn't vote for a tax that doesn't affect them when you had shafted them exactly the same way a few years before?

Freedom is about allowing others to do things that you might not agree with. Your freedom to swing your arms should only end just before they reach my nose, not before.

Next time you check into a hotel and shake your head at a >10% "occupancy tax" realize that it was voted in by people that thought "oh, this won't affect me" because they're locals. Yeah, until you travel elsewhere and encounter taxes put in place by the same kinds of people.

Regulating weed is no harder than regulating alcohol, and alcohol gets by without huge taxes. Put grass under the exact same controls and be done with it. The pols are creating a problem that doesn't exist and then they're asking for taxes to solve said non-problem.

O2

[Zundfolge]

Who knows, the next AA might be a 25% tax on ammunition. Do you really want to be standing there trying to convince some pot smoker that they shouldn't vote for a tax that doesn't affect them when you had shafted them exactly the same way a few years before?

Do you honestly believe that if you vote against AA now that a single pot smoking leftist will thank you by voting against an ammo tax? Short term memory issues aside, these leftist fuckers would vote for an ammo tax with glee even if you gave them a kidney.

[KLR650]

Do you honestly believe that if you vote against AA now that a single pot smoking leftist will thank you by voting against an ammo tax? Short term memory issues aside, these leftist fuckers would vote for an ammo tax with glee even if you gave them a kidney.

So you are for big government?

[Irving]

Since when has the purpose of voting ever been to appease or spite other voters?

[merl]

Since when has the purpose of voting ever been to appease or spite other voters?

Maybe not so much at our level but once inside Gov it seems many votes are made for exactly those reasons.

[clark]

Since when has the purpose of voting ever been to appease or spite other voters?

+5

[O2HeN2]

Since when has the purpose of voting ever been to appease or spite other voters?

My point is it gives you a principle to stand upon. Guess being principled isn't important to some folks.

For me, principle is everything. "Do unto others" is a good place to start...

Voting for AA because it doesn't gore your ox just makes you a politician's useful idiot.

O2

[Aloha_Shooter]

My point is it gives you a principal to stand upon. Guess that's not important to some folks.

O2

I think the point is that different people have different principles. Like some here, I happen to think socialists and recreational use of mind-altering drugs are both detrimental to society. Beyond that, I've seen family and friends really mess up their lives with heavy use of marijuana. Unlike some of the others, I think feeding Denver's tax-and-spend habit is even worse. Some people's principles call for them to vote for AA, my principles call for me to deny Denver any tax increase whatsoever until they get the reality of fiscal discipline through their thick heads.

[Irving]

My point is it gives you a principle to stand upon. Guess being principled isn't important to some folks.

For me, principle is everything. "Do unto others" is a good place to start...

Voting for AA because it doesn't gore your ox just makes you a politician's useful idiot.

O2

My post wasn't directed at you.