[circlecity]

"..lawmakers from states that have yet to legalize marijuana, like New York, have floated the idea of legalizing and taxing marijuana, then lowering state and local taxes to help offset the change."

This would be a gift for those who don't smoke pot. They would see their state taxes go down without having to pay any type of offset.

[dsrtsage]

And all this time I thought dems were on a never ending quest to tax the rich

[mewzilla]

I hope someone does a study of the budgets of the states that have legalized weed. My bet is that the associated costs have driven up budgets, not the reverse. If so, non-pot-smoking taxpayers will still take it in the shorts, possibly even more so.