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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 07:49 PM Original message |
CA State Officials: Pot Tax Would Rake in $1.4B |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Go, Tom! |
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alice silas (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. California spends more now on alcohol problems than it takes in in tax. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You are forgetting about the tax on snacks and such |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. You won't see people not going to work because of pot. |
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alice silas (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Bullcrap. I have two buddies that never stopped smoking dope since college. |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Then you hang with the wrong people. |
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alice silas (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. "never missed a day of work because of it" = it was all that other stuff that made me miss work. NT |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Now you're just being stupid. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. If we could tax grass we'd be able to afford higher quality trolls... |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Ha! You made me laugh. |
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libertypirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Bullcrap back to you... |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. How do you know they wouldn't have been |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Well why are you still friends with them then? |
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Demobrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Legalizing pot will not create more pot smokers. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Source that assertion, please |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. 1.4 bil? -- be a lot more than that. nt |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Maybe that is per day |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. No. You're confusing the size of the market with the size of the taxable revenue. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. We should not be taxing medication |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Well let's hope it is covered under health care reform and is free |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. We're not talking about it in purely medicinal terms |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. California usually leads the way |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
17. And that does not seem to include the savings in other areas. nt |
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steelmania75 (836 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. LEGALIZE IT FOR PETE'S SAKE!!!!! |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. Realy! let's get on with it already!!!! |
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