Posted on 12/20/2021 7:49:36 AM PST by SeekAndFind
It isn;t taxes killing the ‘trade’
It is the bootleg dope (greenshine?) that sells for so much less....
Gee, they never saw it coming...
And yet, they have put up over 40 commercial buildings in Needles California to Grow Weed over the last 5 years or so, somebody is making money. I know a few people with weed stores, they are making bank, one just bought a Citation...
There is a reason illegal stills were a huge deal in the southeast. The amount of tax on a bottle of booze is shocking. In a free market, without these taxes, a bottle of Jack daniels might cost the same as a bottle of milk.
The nice thing about pot is that it is easy to grow your own. VERY easy. I used to back in the 70’s. For the record, I’ve not touched the stuff since 1977 - but if I get cancer...
Meh...pot growers, especially, voted and support this government.
Useful idiots.
Yeah, but how could they know in advance? Are there any lessons from history that they should have considered (cough -Prohibition - cough)?
I don’t smoke, but the people who make cigarettes, I would think, would know how to make a marijuana cigarette.
So, now we have a boot legged business selling who knows what to the consumer....
RE: Meh...pot growers, especially, voted and support this government.
If LEGAL pot growers go bankrupt, do you really think marijuana supplies will suddenly come to a grinding halt?
The problem is not in the SUPPLY side but on the DEMAND side.
Right? It didn’t take a genius to see that the black market would undercut the price of government weed. Especially if there is no penalty for possessing it. I would guess it would be easy to find a dealer. Ask any kid.
Remember that Commiefornia is run (into the ground) by DemocRATs.
History has proven to all of us that when DemocRATs are in control of anything, it soon turns into a steaming pile of shit.
Prove me wrong.
In California it is much cheaper to operate a cannabis delivery service than it is to operate a brick and mortar-type store. And much safer for customers
I’ve always seen marijuana as a special case. I’ve never understood how the government could make it illegal to grow something that literally grows as a weed. Thank God dandelions don’t have THC. “Weed and Feed” wouldn’t be just good for your lawn, it would be the law! 🤣
Cry me a river.
“Are there any lessons from history that they should have considered...”
It is the bootleg dope (greenshine?) that sells for so much less....
And it's the taxes that allow the undecutting. In a free market, economies of scale and the market value of dealing with legal rather than illegal goods and sellers would drive the illegal trade to negligibility - as it has with the legal drug alcohol.
The idiots in California did not “decriminalize” marijuana, they just created new excuses giving price advantages to “illegal” marijuana; and illegal pot farms are popping up everywhere.
California also decided to turn pot into a profit center
Cartels chuckle amateurs we have no stinging taxes.
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