Posted on 02/26/2014 3:02:49 PM PST by Usagi_yo
DENVER (AP) A southern Colorado county with two recreational marijuana stores has become the first in the state to announce tax totals from the new industry. Pueblo County finance authorities announced Monday that its two shops had about $1 million in total sales in January, producing about $56,000 in local sales taxes. ... snip ...
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Lets legalize prostitution too-imagine the taxes we could collect!
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tax the hitman
Let’s tax any kind of addiction, child porn, prostitution, whatever. Isn’t this just great for the “lawmakers”. Found money.
Nevermind... that's what they've been doing all along.
That's not a bad idea.
I never was able to understand who was the victim in that "crime".
Seems to me like almost any informal contractual arrangement; kind of like filling your grocery cart with stuff and showing up at the check-out stand / line.
Why not? It’s what Nevada rural counties have done for decades.
Banning these things has never actually removed them. Bringing them under the taxing authority has a better chance to put them out of business than making them illegal. Ever notice that the IRS has a better track record of putting businesses out of business than the DEA, FBI and EPA? Yea, well, there’s a reason for that.
Of course, they spent it on other things. But that for is another discussion.
Gee, I wonder if they are concerned about cancer and other medical issues from smoking pot. /sarc
Lemme guess. NO!
Considering pot probably has most of the nasties that cigarettes have, I wonder if there will be lawsuits in the future of pot producers?
The lawyers were pretty eager to go after the tobacco companies and they made billions! Now that pot is legal and front and center, maybe there are new “opportunities” for lawyers.
Hmmmm. Inquiring minds want to know.
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