Posted on 01/12/2014 6:53:57 AM PST by rktman
“Carrying such large amounts of cash is a terrible risk that freaks me out a bit because there is the fear in my mind that the next car pulling up beside me could be the crew that hijacks us,” he said. “So, we have to play this never-ending shell game of different cars, different routes, different dates and different times.”
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The banks would have a conflict of interests with their cartel clientele.
If the risks are too great, then don’t buy marijuana.
“The banks would have a conflict of interests with their cartel clientele.”
The cartels will do all they can to keep their money trees. Even if the people vote for legalization, they’ll fight tooth and nail to make it a nightmare with their bought officials.
Think of the political power bootleggers had in the 1930s. The drug runners have 1,000 times more profit/power today in the highest levels of every government.
The WOD has been far more successful than prohibition... for the bootleggers
If those guys aren’t fronts for a drug cartel then I don’t know who is....
Or, don’t carry sacks full of cash in your trunk. Target of opportunity? Just there for the takin’. And I’m sure somebody will eventually.
So many laws that the bankers are afraid to handle cash.
Time to hire more security.
It's legal laundry...and it's a profitable bidness.
Steppenwolf - The Pusher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XqyGoE2Q4Y
Terrified over fifty grand?
Shoot.
Couldn’t buy his way into a decent poker game in the Bakken.
“Dude. Were we supposed to lock the vault or open the vault?” “Dude, who cares? Pass me another dooby.”
Thanks for that. :>)
Will Seidelbaum please pick up the blue courtesy phone, extension 420 please.
That’s not the reason why banks are refusing to give accounts to the Marijuana Industry. The reason is Marijuana is still illegal under Federal Law — the guys that can shut down and take over banks with just a stroke of a pen. They don’t want to open themselves up to God-Knows-What the Federal Government may do when it changes its mind.
How will the shops in Colorado pay their taxes — with bundles of cash???
Hmmmm. Let’s see here. Paying your taxes with funds obtained through federally outlawed enterprise. What a conundrum huh? I’m still thinkin’ rico statutes apply. But only in selected instances of course.
The dirty dark street corner pusher is now in a store.
Not one smidgeon of sympathy from me to these dopeheads. They can live in fear, they can get robbed, beaten, killed. To hell with them.
Maybe this is why my business bank has recently instituted new regulations — a charge for deposits of cash over $3000 per month. 14 cents per $100. And another charge for customers who want to remove deposits in coin, or currency, over a certain number of times per month.
Of course, I think this bank is nuts (it’s Canadian) and I am getting out of there as quickly as possible, but I don’t know why any business would want to do business there! Before you think that I’m nuts for being there in the first place, they came into town and purchased all of the independent banks. It was a forced relationship which will end soon.
Perhaps I’m not seeing the whole picture. I’m in Wisconsin, so we don’t have legalized Marijuana sellers here. But, maybe it could be the bank’s hedge against that day. Otherwise, I don’t know why any business would want to bank there. The cash transactions don’t affect my business (I have other gripes about them), but what about businesses that regularly deal in cash — like restaurants, or retail stores?
You can have my marijuana money after your pry it from my cold, dead hands.
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