Christie says tax revenue from pot sales is 'blood money'

my 9 nj ^ | 3-25-2015 | AP

[Citizen Zed]

Gov. Chris Christie is reiterating his opposition to legalizing marijuana for recreational use and says tax revenue from sales of the drug amount to "blood money.

[Citizen Zed]

I have to agree. Sadly, the government must protect drug users from themselves.

[Obadiah]

Wow, something Christie and I agree upon.

[WayneS]

Please explain why you think tax revenue generated from legal marijuana sales is “blood money”.

[gundog]

I’d say illegal sales propping up Mex cartels was the blood money.

[discostu]

Well then all sin taxes are blood money. So we should drop them.

[olepap]

As opposed to gambling money, which is ‘clean money’ to the filthy New Jersey politician.

[WayneS]

Agreed.

[gdani]

So, what does Cristie Creme call asset forfeiture, warrantless searches, and other violations of the Fourth Amendment committed by/in his state in the name of a thoroughly failed War On (Some) Drugs?

[WayneS]

Excellent point.

Money doesn’t get much bloodier than Atlantic City gambling money.

[NormsRevenge]

Food and restaurant sales go up?

That’s a bad thing?

[Citizen Zed]

I would say the same about cigarettes too. If it is bad for your health, it should be illegal.

[dfwgator]

As opposed to gambling money, which is ‘clean money’ to the filthy New Jersey politician.

+1

[mountainlion]

What do you call the $175,000 that Christie spent in Colorado in an attack add against Tom Tancredo? You fat hippocrit!

[Citizen Zed]

What was the attack ad about?

[Responsibility2nd]

Gov. Chris Christie is reiterating his opposition to legalizing marijuana for recreational use and says tax revenue from sales of the drug amount to “blood money.

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What about the tax revenue from cigarettes? And from Alcohol?

Both of those substances have lead to far more deaths than pot ever has?

The ONLY reason for taxing these items is as a sin tax. A punitive tax on the weaker and stupid people in our society.

Much like the Lottery.

[Gunslingr3]

I would say the same about cigarettes too. If it is bad for your health, it should be illegal.

Maybe you haven't see a list lately of what 'they' consider unhealthy for you.

Touch my steak and you'll see your own blood. ;)

[jsanders2001]

> I have to agree. Sadly, the government must protect drug users from themselves.

You meant profit from it themselves didn’t you?...:)

[Citizen Zed]

Alcohol is good for you in moderate amounts. Pot is not. If you drink too much, you should be punished. Especially if you do something stupid. That is why drunk driving is illegal.

[ConservingFreedom]

Christie said pot is a gateway drug

The same phony-baloney calculations that support this claim also show that alcohol and tobacco are gateway drugs.

He says that drug addiction is a disease and that abusers need treatment, not jail time.

But the nonaddicted majority of users do need jail time?

[trisham]

If you drink too much, you should be punished. Especially if you do something stupid. That is why drunk driving is illegal.

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Drunk driving is not illegal because it's stupid.