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California slapping high taxes on marijuana, causing sticker shock for some
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Posted on 11/05/2017 7:37:00 PM PST by BenLurkin
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posted on
11/05/2017 7:37:00 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Har de har har. The irony is delicious.
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posted on
11/05/2017 7:40:40 PM PST
by
Noumenon
(Can you imagine if Islam were NOT the religion of peace?)
To: dainbramaged; TheStickman; T-Bone Texan; beaversmom; Mama Shawna
For your interest.
No matter what it is, it's always about government can skim (or chop) off the top.
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posted on
11/05/2017 7:40:44 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: BenLurkin
The black market would like to thank greedy politicians.
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posted on
11/05/2017 7:42:12 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
To: BenLurkin
The lefty govt giveth until the lefty govt taketh. Can one say black market or is that a racist term?
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posted on
11/05/2017 7:42:32 PM PST
by
tflabo
To: BenLurkin
Good luck with that plan California.
You're legally allowed to grow 6 plants and entrepreneur hippies will grow huge weed bushes and undercut your price.
Better money than Starbucks...
To: BenLurkin
Taxing the s#!+ out of s#!+...
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posted on
11/05/2017 7:43:56 PM PST
by
null and void
(The internet gave everyone a mouth. It gave no one a brain.)
To: BenLurkin
GYOG. Grow your own grass.
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posted on
11/05/2017 7:45:23 PM PST
by
tflabo
To: Snickering Hound
I wonder how many joints that plant could make?
To: Noumenon
Patently obvious why the government desires marijuana to be legal.
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posted on
11/05/2017 7:50:12 PM PST
by
taterjay
To: Karl Spooner
Becky could probably tell you, but she died snorting marijuanas.
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posted on
11/05/2017 7:50:57 PM PST
by
1_Inch_Group
(Country Before Party)
To: BenLurkin
On a retail level, it costs about $35 to buy a small bag of good quality medical marijuana in Los Angeles, enough to roll five or six joints.
I don't know what "a small bag" amounts to. Back in the '90s, you could buy an eighth of an ounce for about $50.
To: taterjay
Hippies addicted to pot voting in DemoRat pols addicted to taxes. Up In smoke goes the greens.
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posted on
11/05/2017 7:56:31 PM PST
by
tflabo
To: BenLurkin
Now they’ll have to get a $15/hr job to keep up their weed consumption...
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posted on
11/05/2017 7:57:07 PM PST
by
OrangeHoof
(Let Trump Be Trump. Would you rather have Hillary?)
To: BenLurkin
Californians will just start growing their own, or buy on the (inevitable) black market.
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posted on
11/05/2017 8:10:01 PM PST
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: BenLurkin
Washingon state taxes pot at 37%, yet it still managed to collect over $250M in taxes from over $600M in recreational sales in 2016. It’s already surpassed those numbers in 2017.
https://502data.com/
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posted on
11/05/2017 8:18:30 PM PST
by
Ken H
(Best election ever!)
To: BenLurkin
They’ll just buy it on the black market for cheap. In the meantime, Marijuana legalization will provide cover for black market sales.
To: taterjay
Which government legalized pot? I am only aware of states where it won on ballot initiatives.
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posted on
11/05/2017 8:19:46 PM PST
by
Ken H
(Best election ever!)
To: ransomnote
How do you explain the hundreds of millions in tax revenues that CO and WA are pulling in a year on sales in the billions?
That’s a big chunk of the market.
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posted on
11/05/2017 8:24:52 PM PST
by
Ken H
(Best election ever!)
To: BenLurkin
Should that also be deductible?
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