Posted on 02/16/2016 12:04:23 PM PST by TroutStalker
Why are you locked in to illicit always means illegal?
Why do you say morality simply does not apply?
Laws are in fact moral decisions.
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.”
Is abortion legal? Sure is. Is it illicit?
You honestly are arguing it is not?
Thank you for answering my question.
Nor are they forced to accept such despite their legality - so you've answered your own question.
Wrong - regulating is less burdensome than banning.
and more taxes.
Should we ban every currently taxed product and service in order to have less taxes?
CO received $135 million in legal mj tax revenue in 2015, which is more than it got from alcohol.
so you’ve answered your own question.
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Pretty sure there was no question in post 29 to be answered.
So thanks for an answer that was basically gibberish anyway.
Pretty sure there was no question in post 29
There was 2 posts further back in the chain: "are you going to FORCE the banks to accept illicit drug money accounts and deposits?"
40,000 new laws (regulations) PER YEAR is not more than enough government for you?
And only a liar would believe the state is not relaxing dope laws so that they can fill their pockets with tax money.
Case in point: This very article (bttt) on the problems of collecting all that money.
The answer is - while YOU may not care if banks are forced to accept money from illicit (meaning immoral) sources, conservative businesses DO WANT a say-so in these matters.
Just because it's legal doesn't make it right.
May I presume you still oppose abortion? It's legal, right, so who are we to gripe about our TAX DOLLARS paying for infanticide, right?
40,000 new laws (regulations) PER YEAR is not more than enough government for you?
Opposite - burdensome banning laws are too much government for me.
and more taxes.
Should we ban every currently taxed product and service in order to have less taxes?
And only a liar would believe the state is not relaxing dope laws so that they can fill their pockets with tax money.
Only a liar would pretend I said or implied any such thing.
The example you posted shows banks are not so forced: "My bank (top 50 in the US) does not accept accounts from sex industry businesses or from predatory payday lenders."
Yeah. And that could change overnight. A regulation (which you are on record here supporting more regulations) could be passed tomorrow REQUIRING my bank to do business with whores and payday lenders.
Cool. They don't need to accept business from people they don't approve of (unless the business they don't approve of is a gay bathhouse, at which point they either do business or get the "bake the damn cake or else" treatment).
Meanwhile, upon full legalization, there would be other banks to accept the business. Or the medical marijuana people could open THEIR OWN BANK.
you are on record here supporting more regulations
False.
you are on record here supporting more regulations
False.
Fine. Then you are on record here supporting more BANNING!
(God, arguing with you dopers is like arguing with brain damaged lib.)
I find some of your conclusions and logic . . lacking. One example is your giving marijuana laws on equal ground to abortion. They are two totally different animals. Abortion is illicit because God has declared it so. Marijuana, not so much. Gen. 1:29 And God said, "See, I have given every herb that yields seeds which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seeds; to you it shall be for food."
you are on record here supporting more regulations
False.
Fine. Then you are on record here supporting more BANNING!
You've got it backward as usual. Banning is the greater burden, and I support the lesser burden of legalization with sensible constraints.
(God, arguing with you dopers is like arguing with brain damaged lib.)
The irony is priceless.
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