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1 posted on 02/20/2014 1:30:52 PM PST by Olog-hai
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Alkyhaul serves as a good model for taxing peeps as they get the things they want.


2 posted on 02/20/2014 1:34:55 PM PST by Paladin2
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What a plan:

Tax the selling of dope to citizens as a way to finance expansion of the welfare stste.


3 posted on 02/20/2014 1:36:12 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Show me the man, and I'll show you the crime." - Lavrentiy Beria (& Eric Holder))
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What’d they do, lite up a joint to celebrate all the new money they can spend double of?


6 posted on 02/20/2014 1:42:12 PM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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Hippie TaxemLooper..... from green leaves to green paper for their beloved statists. They can’t tax lieberals enough as far as I’m concerned.


7 posted on 02/20/2014 1:43:10 PM PST by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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Gov. John Hickenlooper that gives the first official estimate of how much the state expects to make from pot taxes.

"the state"

pot heads and other medicated morons are putty in the hands of "the state"

FReedumb ALERT!

8 posted on 02/20/2014 1:43:26 PM PST by PGalt
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These “hopes” will crash and burn when the idiots of Colorado realize what the dope has done to their kids and the cost of rehab and lost work time. They will ask “Why and What were we thinking”? Sooner rather than later. Selling out to the government’s hunger for tax revenues was a stupid thing to do.


9 posted on 02/20/2014 1:44:15 PM PST by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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The state legislators of Colorado are hoping that by earmarking large sums to altruistic sounding anti-abuse programs, they won’t be prosecuted for laundering the proceeds from the sale of a Schedule 1 controlled substance under federal law. They saw “sanctuary cities” remain unmolested despite their illegality, and think this will be similar. Likewise, if financial institutions so much as touch a single cent, they become vulnerable to legal prosecution as well, subject to the momentary whims of politicians.


11 posted on 02/20/2014 1:50:45 PM PST by SpaceBar
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Just watch what happens when you can buy pot with EBT cards and Obamacare subsidies.


12 posted on 02/20/2014 2:00:30 PM PST by Organic Panic
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Colorado’s legal marijuana market is far exceeding tax expectations

Look for the remainder of the states to become "enlightened" with respect to marijuana sales in short order.

13 posted on 02/20/2014 2:01:20 PM PST by Hardastarboard (The question of our age is whether a majority of Americans can and will vote us all into slavery.)
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The proposal outlines plans to spend some $99 million next fiscal year on substance abuse prevention, youth marijuana use prevention and other priorities. The money would come from a statewide 12.9 percent sales tax on recreational pot.

Wow, tax drug sales to fund anti drug programs, hypocrisy much? Kind of like taxing cigarette sales to fund anti smoking and children's health programs and then making it illegal to smoke almost everywhere!

14 posted on 02/20/2014 2:03:01 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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Wait until you see the bureaucracy they will grow off of that revenue — weed inspectors, THC monitors, smoke detectors, quality control testers, marijuana police, cannabis professors,... and then all the new agents and prosecutors to deal with black marketers and smugglers.

$100 million won’t be nearly enough — this will be interesting to watch.


17 posted on 02/20/2014 2:14:20 PM PST by Uncle Chip
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1 Timothy 6:10

King James Version (KJV)

10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

18 posted on 02/20/2014 2:15:16 PM PST by Bratch
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But Chickenpooper will have to raise taxes to build the roads destroyed by the floods and of course the $2B in welfare to illegals will not be touched so they will have to raise taxes “for the Kids” for schools.


19 posted on 02/20/2014 2:19:29 PM PST by mountainlion
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I was out there skiing last week (Breckenridge) and came across a lot of kids (mid 20's / 30's) who were stoned to bejesus.

One night I bought a bottle of wine that came to $24.99 and this (white) kid with his hair in dreads and one of those bun hats holding the dreads was working the counter. When I gave him a $100 bill to pay for the bottle - he goes (all Jeff Spicoli like)"ohwhoaaa" - ok"....I laughed a little because I knew he was hard pressed to figure out the change (the register was opened and he didn't ring me up). Before taking the money out of the register, he asks me "do you have 60 cents?" I'm thinking to myself, this guy is on another planet right now, what the heck does he need 60 cents for as a part to make my change!?

Pretty funny but I tell him "no, I have no change on me" he then proceeds to count my bills and I think he was seeing trails on each bill as he was handing them to me. He was able to get it right but I counted it twice to make sure and walked out of the store laughing to myself.

I can't help but think that store is gonna see some losses and, there are many more like this one that have employees like this.

21 posted on 02/20/2014 2:38:22 PM PST by capydick (''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
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And proves that it should be simple enough to destroy the Cartels main source of revenue, reduce violence and rid our forests and parks from the deadly toxins and booby traps of their vile operations...


23 posted on 02/20/2014 3:12:00 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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Being the obnoxious guy I am, If I lived there, I’d grow some, just to not pay taxes by buying it.


25 posted on 02/20/2014 3:31:56 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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