cuhomo has to legalize pot if he's going to run on the RAT ticket in 2020, has to...
Posted on 04/03/2018 6:42:31 PM PDT by ethom
Cynthia Nixon, the actress and Democratic candidate for governor, told supporters at a private fund-raiser last week that if elected she would seek to legalize marijuana and tax it to raise revenue for New York, attendees said.
“She said that if marijuana is legal, we can tax it and make a lot of money from that,” said Julie Klam, an author who attended the event.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has long opposed legalizing recreational marijuana.
Since Ms. Nixon declared her bid for governor in mid-March, she has provided few details about her policy plans for the state. Instead, she has focused almost exclusively on criticizing Mr. Cuomo, the two-term incumbent she is challenging in the primary, questioning both his ethics and whether he is a “real Democrat.”
Asked about her qualifications outside a campaign launch party, Ms. Nixon quipped, “My chief of staff has not been convicted on three counts of bribery — that’s a start.”
Ms. Nixon has never held office or managed a large organization, although she has been an education activist in New York for more than a decade. In the early stages of her campaign, she has said schools deserve more equitable funding, and she has backed raising taxes on those earning more than $5 million. She has also vowed to focus on the beleaguered subway system in New York City, though has offered few specifics.
Her stance on marijuana puts her on the opposite side of the issue from Mr. Cuomo. Last year, he called it a “gateway drug” and said, “As of this date, I am unconvinced on recreational marijuana.” Mr. Cuomo has supported a tightly regulated medical marijuana program in the state.
It is not clear what exactly Ms. Nixon is proposing, and her spokeswoman declined to comment.
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Cynthia Nixon is "Tricky Dyke"
Legalizing Marijuana will destroy thousands of jobs.
1. Cops to arrest them
2. Lawyers to defend them
3. Lawyers to prosecute them
4. Judges in court
5. Bailiffs in court
6. Clerks in courts
7. Prison guards
8. Prison cooks
9. Prison doctors
Those are lot of jobs for arresting, processing, prosecuting, and guarding in prison all those Marijuana smokers and peddlers. All gone if legalized. Not to mention maintaining court buildings, police stations and prisons.
Asked about her qualifications outside a campaign launch party, Ms. Nixon quipped, “My chief of staff has not been convicted on three counts of bribery — that’s a start.”
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Ouch.
And that tax money will go straight into the pockets of illegal aliens. When that results in more coming for the handouts, they’ll have to legalize and tax something else.
cuhomo has to legalize pot if he's going to run on the RAT ticket in 2020, has to...
yep and the gangstamint agents who guard the shipments
Because NYS isn’t drug addled and/or drug addicted enough yet?!
I can’t find a contractor who can find employees who want to pass a drug test, and this wench wants to make the situation even worse?
AAAAAAARGH!!!!!
NYS, BTW, hasn’t set a legal limit for THC in the bloodstream. WTH do we do about impaired drivers?!
People deserve these fools. Never do the best and brightest run for political office which has power over every facet of our lives. Most voters are to lazy and do not give a sh*t unless their special trigger is pulled.
You nailed it. Prohibition is a Progressive policy.
If it moves tax it. If it doesn’t move, tax it. If it grows, tax it.
But “some” conservatives think banning Ganja is a conservative policy.
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