Re: A budget cure: Marijuana taxes?

feeds@yuku.com (Neuter Cooter) — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:33:32 GMT

Schwarzenegger Urges a Study on Legalizing Marijuana Use

LOS ANGELES - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday that the discussion over whether to legalize and tax

Re: A budget cure: Marijuana taxes?

feeds@yuku.com (USMatFTL) — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:12:27 GMT

Re: A budget cure: Marijuana taxes?

feeds@yuku.com (Rebel Chuck) — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:32:43 GMT

Weed is not worth possibly losing my job.
Legalize it and I'll be the first in line to throw stupid amounts of money at it.
I'm sure there are millions that would do the same.
It seems simple to me.

Re: A budget cure: Marijuana taxes?

feeds@yuku.com (RebelBruiser) — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:17:14 GMT

Yep, not to mention that legalizing would effectively create a new industry and tons of jobs, which we seem to be short on.

I doubt it'll happen, but I do think that legalization could actually help the economy, at least in the short run.

Re: A budget cure: Marijuana taxes?

feeds@yuku.com (Oxford Godfrey) — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:41:29 GMT

and it was $30 for a single pack of 20, people would be lined up around the block.

Re: A budget cure: Marijuana taxes?

feeds@yuku.com (I lost my nutt rag) — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:04:18 GMT

As they do with everything they attempt to control, they will find a way to fuck this up also. My concern is an attempt to control potency and sell us something similar to the shit grown on campus. Even worse will be the fields that are not separated by sex(mexican schwag), then we will be paying taxes on seeds and stems. There has to be a middle ground but I can only see problems in the future with government regulations. All this thought has me ready to as AngryReb says "get lazy and...

Re: A budget cure: Marijuana taxes?

feeds@yuku.com (ClintonInHelen) — Thu, 07 May 2009 10:47:53 GMT

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Re: A budget cure: Marijuana taxes?

feeds@yuku.com (AngryReb) — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:39:18 GMT

"A 2004 report by the drug policy office said drugs cost Americans more than $180 billion related to health care, lost productivity and crime in 2002. That study lumped the effects of marijuana in with more-dangerous drugs, such as cocaine and heroin."

I wonder how much cigarettes, Hardee's Monster burgers and booze cost our society in "health care" (which the public doesn't pay for) and productivity?

If you smoke pot all day, every day, you...

Re: A budget cure: Marijuana taxes?

feeds@yuku.com (Steven McCrosky) — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:00:14 GMT

Hell, folks on this board alone would take care of the deficit in 6 months.

A budget cure: Marijuana taxes?

feeds@yuku.com (rebeljim) — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:55:12 GMT

Daniel Stein says the salvation of U.S. taxpayers could be marijuana.

As Washington breaks the bank on Wall Street bailouts, President Barack Obama's stimulus package and other spend-now, pay-later measures, most observers agree that politicians will eventually need to increase revenue or cut spending to cover the federal government's debts.

Stein believes Washington could begin to balance its books now if politicians...