Prop AA: The weed tax

[Irving]

Stop making sense Irving. Just let me dream a little!

I AM trying to find a bright side in the passing of this law. Perhaps this will make Colorado seem more conservative to the people I don't want moving here, but probably not.

[KLR650]

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. Replace pot with guns. you sound like diane feinstein. Ya! lets make one more way for gov to ruin someone's life for thought crime. that is what you are supporting an invented crime. As another said, you are either all for liberty or you are not.
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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... so, you want more of this style of gov? You want more petty excuses to lose freedom financial or otherwise? rhetorical question - what is ultimately to be gained by passing more crime/laws?
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....

This isn't payback, it's enabling government intrusion, just like the laws you are ''paying back'' are an intrusion. an eye for an eye leaves the world blind.

[Justin]

oh Jesus, get over yourself.

[KLR650]

maybe someday you'll support freedom even when it's not your freedom.

[O2HeN2]

maybe someday you'll support freedom even when it's not your freedom.

This. I'm disappointed. Even though I don't smoke [anything].

O2

[Circuits]

Sniper7's attitude has made me decide to start smoking weed. I'll grow it myself so I don't pay a dime in taxes.

[jerrymrc]

My take from an old guy. I voted for the passing to make it legal. I also voted for the tax. One of the BIG selling points was the new taxes that voting yes would bring.

Comparing freedoms of pot VS guns holds no water because I see nowhere that the founding fathers thought taking a hit off a bong was in the same importance of bearing arms and yes I understand that back then there was no law against weed.

Of course many that may try and beat me up on it but in my mind I say let the people do what they want. Make it all legal and let nature take its course. Theft by tweakers looking to steel your stuff would diminish because hopefully having access to it would have them OD before they got desperate. I have seen what having access with no strings attached can do.

This is new and uncharted waters for the state and a tax on it was a fair trade-off for the votes to carry the measure. Now that it has passed people that complain about the tax on it are being very unfair. I do not hear anyone screaming for a repeal of other taxes on other things that are legal like tobacco and alcohol. Take away the taxes and cigarettes would be back to $2.50 a carton but take away those taxes and services would decrease much to the chagrin of the population.

I still remember all the lawsuits against big tobacco and how the $$$$ were going to help smokers. Guess what, once the states got there hands on the money most was diverted for other causes. Money is money and the politicians do not care what lie they have to tell to get it they just want more of it to do what they want to.

Just some thoughts.

[sniper7]

Sniper7's attitude has made me decide to start smoking weed. I'll grow it myself so I don't pay a dime in taxes.

Have fun losing your gun rights over it.

[sniper7]

This isn't payback, it's enabling government intrusion, just like the laws you are ''paying back'' are an intrusion. an eye for an eye leaves the world blind.

I Dont smoke weed, what do I care? That is their attitude toward your guns. I want them to feel the pain. I want them to want out of this state just like we have members here moving. That is my ultimate motivation. Make this state miserable for them so they leave. At the same time legalize everything like jerry said and let nature take its course.

I would really like less of this style of government but we get our dicks slapped for trying to play nice all the time. Its time to go on the offensive. Repeal the bad gun laws they jammed down our throats and force a ton of shitty laws on them that they will have to fight with their time and money. That little erosion of rights cut by cut can work both ways and I'm tired of it happening to me.

[Ronin13]

As I said before: "cutting off your nose to spite your face". And I hoped 99% of the "gun guys" had their heads untucked, it seems I am wrong. Some sound exactly like the libtards.

I'm just using this quote to prove a point- don't take it personally. First off- has anyone ever heard the cliche phrase "You get more flies with honey than you do with vinegar"? So you want to try to convince some of us that voting for a tax on weed because a)we don't like pot smoking hippies, b)we want to lessen the comfort of pot smokers, or c)screw 'em, they don't help us, why should we give them any aid, and yet you jump on and say that we're stupid, wrong, or "sound like libtards." Yeah, your convincing is awesome! You should become a defense attorney, you'll win EVERY case! The way I see it, I voted No on 66, Yes on AA. Why you ask? Because 1- Marijuana should be taxed and regulated if it's going to be legal. 2- Tax it in the same way that the government does with gas, tobacco, and alcohol (just look at some of the tax % on some of those items). 3- well, honestly, because I'm really effing tired of all this pro-pot BS I keep getting shoved in my face at least 2x a week, now they can suffer a bit. But if someone has a clear, convincing, and respectful argument to persuade me that I perhaps voted wrong, I'm all ears. But I do not equate a weed tax to anything closely related to firearms or similar.