Posted on 02/17/2008 7:26:04 AM PST by jdm
Talk about a mentally ill governor.
If New York taxed stupidity Spitzer alone could settle the national debt. What a dumbass.
I went to the site to look around, is this like scrappleface? LOL
Having a moron for a goobernor is soooo much phun...
It’s already the law in a few states.
This is why drugs are big business and here to stay. Everyone wants a cut.
The tax law idea is nothing new - that is how the feds outlawed drugs in the first place.
The moronic part - and I mean astoundingly stupid - is that Spitzer, in his budget, claimed that they would be paid.
oh, I got it........I just cannot believe the doofus is that ignorant.....it’s kinda like the gun laws...they are criminals because they do not follow the laws to begin with, which makes gun laws just another law they will ignore.....I thought it HAD to be scrappleface or the onion at work here.
Who left the lock off of his cage?
The Feds also grab income tax on confiscated drugs from fed cases.
Does NY have a balanced budget amendment or law? It seems to me that what spitzer is really doing is pretending that this is a revenue stream, so he can pretend to have a balanced budget.
What hapens when it turns out he was wrong? (Lying, actually) Does he get emergency powers of some sort, to do things that he would otherwise not get through the legislature?
This is just backdoor legalization.
One difference between the crackpot tax and the Capone conviction is that Capone was sent to prison for not paying taxes on income (yeah, I know you know that). It wasn’t specifically because that income was due to illegal alcohol trade, although that obviously was where the money came from.
This tax proposes to collect revenue on possession of illegal substances. Besides being a stupid proposal on Spitzer’s part, it would be unconstitutional since one would have to incriminate one’s self in order to purchase the stamps. Sort of like why a felon supposedly can not be convicted for not registering his illegally-possessed firearm.
btt
NY,NJ, sinking ships, the cancer has won!
It's, "I'll look the other way if you give me money that I'll call taxes".
They have a smilar problem in California. Medical marijuana is legal and is being sold -- state sales taxes are supposed to be collected on it. BUT, Proposition 215 never did legalize and authorize the sale of medical marijuana. You can grow it and use it, but selling medical marijuana is, technically, illegal under California law.
"To bring medical marijuana retailers into compliance, the board updated its guidelines to allow them to obtain a seller's permit. Previously, the state banned people selling illegal items from getting permits."
"The board also changed the permit application so that retailers wouldn't have to disclose what they were selling, making it difficult (for the federal government -- rp) to track sales. Instead, medical marijuana sellers would have to sign a waiver."
Greedy, greedy governments will find a way to get tax money, won't they? "What you're doing is illegal even under state law but, if we get our piece, we'll look the other way."
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