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Colorado Lawmakers Scramble to Keep Millions in Marijuana Taxes (Refund Madness)
NY Times via MSN ^
| 4/01/15
| JACK HEALY
Posted on 04/02/2015 2:59:34 AM PDT by Libloather
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"See, you know how to take the reservation, you just don't know how to hold the reservation..."
To: Libloather
If we get your taxes, we can keep your taxes. Government wrote the law but doesn't want to obey it because they got too much tax revenue from all the sectors. In other words, they couldn't find ways to spend the excess from everywhere fast enough and had a surplus. But they will not give it back, even
if they have to change the law retroactively to do it. I don't approve of the sales of that stuff, but this is about government stealing money somebody else earned.
These guys ought to be sitting on a horse under a tall tree with their hands tied behind them.
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posted on
04/02/2015 3:07:34 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: Libloather
Politicians see that money, and they don't want to give it up.
Typical politicians.
/johnny
To: Gaffer
Yep, I have no use for the stuff, but this is all about the money and the politicians, not the taxed item.
Typical politicians.
Tall tree and a short rope indeed.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
Tall tree and a short (hemp?) rope indeed.
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posted on
04/02/2015 3:19:35 AM PDT
by
outofsalt
( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: Libloather
“The revenue came in high.”
Well what did you expect???
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posted on
04/02/2015 4:10:48 AM PDT
by
babble-on
To: Libloather
Typical politician is making a big deal about not knowing to whom the refund should go...it is obfuscation.
Listen, you moron, money is fungible, you cannot distinguish an oil drilling dollar from a pot dollar. The money should go back to those who paid taxes, any taxes, proportionate to the amount of taxes they paid - PERIOD.
Anything else is typical political shenanigans.
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posted on
04/02/2015 4:34:28 AM PDT
by
GilesB
To: Libloather
Now they can cut cigarette taxes right?
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posted on
04/02/2015 5:23:24 AM PDT
by
fruser1
To: Libloather
Just wait until people learn about the increase in lung cancer.
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posted on
04/02/2015 5:25:28 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: Caipirabob
“Just wait until people learn about the increase in lung cancer.”
In states where pot is legal, most people are going smoke-free or eating it.
Extracts become cheap and very pure once legalized. They offer all the active ingredients of smoke but none of the burned compounds or smell. It’s like water vapor and you can puff one right next to a cop.
It is also safer than nicotine e-cigarettes since you don’t need any solvents. Just pure plant extract and heat is all you need.
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posted on
04/02/2015 5:59:18 AM PDT
by
varyouga
To: varyouga; Caipirabob
Not to mention that research to date has not established a link between lung cancer and smoking pot (which contains tumor-suppressing chemicals).
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posted on
04/02/2015 6:27:24 AM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: Caipirabob
Oh, haven’t you heard? Dope smoke is good for you. It’s not like ALL SMOKE IS HARMFUL TO THE LUNGS or anything like that. I mean it’s not like the body reacts to smoke by trying to expel it from the body via coughing......
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posted on
04/02/2015 7:35:52 AM PDT
by
Impy
(They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
To: Impy
Its not like ALL SMOKE IS HARMFUL TO THE LUNGSYes it is, and research has shown a link between pot smoking and bronchitis - but not lung cancer.
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posted on
04/02/2015 7:56:38 AM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: ConservingFreedom
You clearly missed the sarcasm in my post. ;)
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posted on
04/02/2015 7:57:40 AM PDT
by
Impy
(They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
To: Gaffer
Government wrote the law but doesn't want to obey it because they got too much tax revenue from all the sectors. Actually, Doug Bruce wrote the law and citizens voted to enact it.
...even if they have to change the law retroactively to do it.
They can't. The citizens would have to vote for that.
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posted on
04/02/2015 7:58:00 AM PDT
by
MileHi
(Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
To: Impy
You clearly missed how I agreed with the grain of truth in your sarcastically-made point and then brought the exchange back on topic.
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posted on
04/02/2015 8:06:03 AM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: ConservingFreedom
Well, I’m a little slow this morning, I haven’t my 5 bong hits yet.
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posted on
04/02/2015 8:08:17 AM PDT
by
Impy
(They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
To: MileHi
And they will lie, cheat, dissemble, equivocate, threaten and coerce voters into accepting it. Process doesn’t matter. Government will does.
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posted on
04/02/2015 8:45:17 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: varyouga; ConservingFreedom; Impy
I'm just funnin' with you folks. : )
However seriously, if you can find a means to eliminate carcinogens from the process of consumption, more power to you.
OTOH, it's just not for me. Give me my Clase Azul Tequila for a good buzz. Cheers and enjoy.
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posted on
04/03/2015 5:32:44 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: Caipirabob
My drug of choice is black coffee - to each his poison.
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:44:47 AM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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