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10-05-2006, 08:29 PM | #4 (permalink) |
dontcareaboutyou
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Am I the only person who thinks pot is only illegal because they can't effectively tax it?
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10-05-2006, 08:35 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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Nah, health boards and mothers go nuts over it too, you'd upset a few sectors in society.
And if they did legalise it, you'd see it in shops which is easily taxable.
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10-05-2006, 08:35 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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Tobacco lobyists, rich paper manufacturers, and discrimination against Mexicans is how it started.
There actually is a tax on marijuana, if you have marijuana in a bag without a marijuana tax stamp affixed to it they can also get you for tax evasion (no bull****). Lobbyists are the main force keeping it illegal, though conservativism isn't helping the situation out much. |
10-05-2006, 08:50 PM | #7 (permalink) | |
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Mothers and health boards havent made cigs and alcohol illegal which I really don't see to be on a different level. You could grow it yourself which isn't [easily or effectively] taxible. Sure you could moonshine but getting to tobacco ready for your own personal use is just uneconimical.
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10-05-2006, 09:01 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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Well, mothers did succeed in making alcohol illegal once upon a time (prohibition?) and that turned out great (the mafia), but at least then they had a reason, seeing as how their husbands would go out, get drunk, then come home and beat them. I don't think too many guys are going out, getting stoned, and then beating their wives/girlfriends.
But yeah, people are uptight and uninformed and I don't really see that changing too much anytime soon. |
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