Why Does Taxing Pot Make So A lot Sense?
Posted on 25 October 2011 by admin
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Covering the US government’s financial depredations, police state enactments, and wars of aggression. Lew Rockwell interviews Michael Boldin, founder and head of the Tenth Amendment Center. What is the Tenth Amendment, and why ought to we care? (“Amendment 10 — Powers of the States and Folks. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the individuals.”) It’s a linchpin of the states rights phenomenon that is lighting a prairie fire all across the nation. And it is not a “correct-wing motion,” despite the MSM’s claims. Indeed, its most potent component is the drive to legalize medical marijuana. (The pro-gun and anti-Real ID movements are essential as well, of course). The feds ordered the states to crack down, but they ignored our overlords. And here is a lesson for all of us. Electoral politics, except Ron Paul, tends to be a corrupt sham. Rather than write, phone, or fax congressmen or senators, or function to exchange Bum B for Bum A, ignore the federal government as we peacefully resist. That drains its power. Like the Devil, it demands our consent. * * * * * Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., broadly acknowledged as Lew Rockwell, is an American libertarian political commentator, activist, proponent of the Austrian College of economics, and chairman of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Rockwell founded the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama in 1985 and was its president until finally the summer season of 2009 …
You are all FUCKING RETARTED
use the governments money addiction to make weed legal. exellent
Killer Drugs In Order:
1…Alcohol
2…Tobacco
3….Prescription Drugs
4….ALL illegal hard narcotics COMBINED(coke, meth, heroin..etc)
5….Caffeine
Since the dawn of time…Marijuana has killed ZERO.
The human body can in no way absorb enough THC to overdose
@spizzy17xboxlive you are awesome.. and really understand this.
@chickenwretch I don’t know where you got “benevolence of the government” crap from I’m just being realistic. The gov isn’t going legalize pot out of charity, they’ll only do so if they can generate some revenue. They already tax cigarettes and alcohol and they use that money to regulate and quality control the industry. There is no regulation of the drug trade.
Legal stores could only maintain a monoply by offering better quality weed cheaper, otherise the blackmarket would continue.
@Fangtorn Your trust in the benevolence of government is much greater than what I can muster. Point is, if it’s so natural, green, and organically wholesome, no entity should have any financial claim other than the user and the seller. Inviting Big Brother into private inner circles does indeed smack of fascism; consenting adults need the blessing of government concerning their personal buzz? Legal stores keep the price lower than the street now but if monopolized, wave bye to cheaper high.
@chickenwretch “Is alcohol cheaper because of taxation?”
No it’s cheaper because it’s legal. Even taxed pot is cheaper then illegal pot because it’s not controlled by drug dealers. It’s pointless to sell it exactly the same amount or higher then what its sold for on the blackmarket. The whole point is to undercut the dealers and squeeze them out of the drug trade. I thought that was obvious.
“This smacks of fascism.”
What, taxing weed smacks of fascism? As opposed to imprisonment?
@Fangtorn Is alcohol cheaper because of taxation? Why do you think weed would be any cheaper? Not only that, the penalties for growing and selling would be much harsher, i.e. bootlegging/moonshineing/Dept of Alcohol Firearms and Tobacco enforcement. And negative, we in the 70s still had direct ties to 60s cultural individualism. Unlike contemporary society that tends to a conformity of central govenment. This smacks of fascism.
@chickenwretch I think even the hippies of the 70s would have been in favour of cheaper weed, even if some of it goes to the Gov’.
I live in PA, and quit smoking marijuana because I don’t want to go to jail. I have several serious medical conditions that are signifigantly relieved by smoking pot. My fiancee and I have a 2 year plan to move to California for that very reason.
pot should be legal
don’t forget polliticians are already addicted to a more dangerous form of revenue, the revenue generated from alcohol and tobacco.
imo – All of the luxuries should be taxed highly. Gasoline, sports and music events….I would be happy to pay tax on any luxury I enjoy.
Cenk said, “I don’t really smoke… I mean, I don’t smoke…. ” Cenk outed himself. lol
lets get some money and smoke some weed =]!
Money is Green
Pot is Green
Life is Green
ps: (green is green too!)
I don’t like pot but when I used to smoke my high would have rebelled against anyone or thing, slapping a fee above and beyond what I paid in the 1st place. To say nothing of a mandatory get-high-tax. You really want big Guv getting anything for your buzz. Back in the 70s even liberals would have rejected this idea.
Hi taxation results in black market production of the overpriced product.
People seek to satisfy their wants at the lowest cost to themselves.
Governments need more revenue because of previous overspending.
Joe lunchbox needs more revenue too.
A bunch of nefarious folks bought grow equipment.
Cannibus will grow almost anywhere.
Free minds. Free markets. Free the weed.
End prohibition.
@Akadou There is NOT SALES TAX ON FOODS SOLD IN GROCERY STORES AND OTHER STORES. THERE IS SALES TAXES ON PREPARED FOODS AS IN A RESTAURANT, but THERE IS NOT SALES TAX ON FOOD IN THE UNITED STATES.
@shreddez I dont know where you live but here in the real world. Theres a .07cents tax for every dollar.
the like dislike bar is a GREEN JOINT!
You are all FUCKING RETARTED
use the governments money addiction to make weed legal. exellent
Killer Drugs In Order:
1…Alcohol
2…Tobacco
3….Prescription Drugs
4….ALL illegal hard narcotics COMBINED(coke, meth, heroin..etc)
5….Caffeine
Since the dawn of time…Marijuana has killed ZERO.
The human body can in no way absorb enough THC to overdose
@spizzy17xboxlive you are awesome.. and really understand this.
@chickenwretch I don’t know where you got “benevolence of the government” crap from I’m just being realistic. The gov isn’t going legalize pot out of charity, they’ll only do so if they can generate some revenue. They already tax cigarettes and alcohol and they use that money to regulate and quality control the industry. There is no regulation of the drug trade.
Legal stores could only maintain a monoply by offering better quality weed cheaper, otherise the blackmarket would continue.
@Fangtorn Your trust in the benevolence of government is much greater than what I can muster. Point is, if it’s so natural, green, and organically wholesome, no entity should have any financial claim other than the user and the seller. Inviting Big Brother into private inner circles does indeed smack of fascism; consenting adults need the blessing of government concerning their personal buzz? Legal stores keep the price lower than the street now but if monopolized, wave bye to cheaper high.
@chickenwretch “Is alcohol cheaper because of taxation?”
No it’s cheaper because it’s legal. Even taxed pot is cheaper then illegal pot because it’s not controlled by drug dealers. It’s pointless to sell it exactly the same amount or higher then what its sold for on the blackmarket. The whole point is to undercut the dealers and squeeze them out of the drug trade. I thought that was obvious.
“This smacks of fascism.”
What, taxing weed smacks of fascism? As opposed to imprisonment?
@Fangtorn Is alcohol cheaper because of taxation? Why do you think weed would be any cheaper? Not only that, the penalties for growing and selling would be much harsher, i.e. bootlegging/moonshineing/Dept of Alcohol Firearms and Tobacco enforcement. And negative, we in the 70s still had direct ties to 60s cultural individualism. Unlike contemporary society that tends to a conformity of central govenment. This smacks of fascism.
@chickenwretch I think even the hippies of the 70s would have been in favour of cheaper weed, even if some of it goes to the Gov’.
I live in PA, and quit smoking marijuana because I don’t want to go to jail. I have several serious medical conditions that are signifigantly relieved by smoking pot. My fiancee and I have a 2 year plan to move to California for that very reason.
pot should be legal
don’t forget polliticians are already addicted to a more dangerous form of revenue, the revenue generated from alcohol and tobacco.
imo – All of the luxuries should be taxed highly. Gasoline, sports and music events….I would be happy to pay tax on any luxury I enjoy.
Cenk said, “I don’t really smoke… I mean, I don’t smoke…. ” Cenk outed himself. lol
lets get some money and smoke some weed =]!
Money is Green
Pot is Green
Life is Green
ps: (green is green too!)
I don’t like pot but when I used to smoke my high would have rebelled against anyone or thing, slapping a fee above and beyond what I paid in the 1st place. To say nothing of a mandatory get-high-tax. You really want big Guv getting anything for your buzz. Back in the 70s even liberals would have rejected this idea.
Hi taxation results in black market production of the overpriced product.
People seek to satisfy their wants at the lowest cost to themselves.
Governments need more revenue because of previous overspending.
Joe lunchbox needs more revenue too.
A bunch of nefarious folks bought grow equipment.
Cannibus will grow almost anywhere.
Free minds. Free markets. Free the weed.
End prohibition.
@Akadou There is NOT SALES TAX ON FOODS SOLD IN GROCERY STORES AND OTHER STORES. THERE IS SALES TAXES ON PREPARED FOODS AS IN A RESTAURANT, but THERE IS NOT SALES TAX ON FOOD IN THE UNITED STATES.
@shreddez I dont know where you live but here in the real world. Theres a .07cents tax for every dollar.
the like dislike bar is a GREEN JOINT!
@Akadou there is not a sales tax on food that you buy at the grocery store…..
@Coteer wrote ” they shouldn’t be legalizing it until they create a breathalizer for it.”
That’s a good point to bring up for debate. Currently, the drug screens that are administered only show the presence of THC metabolites in your system. They reveal NOTHING about intoxication vs sobriety, just confirmation of past use.
Does anyone know, is there a test that quantifiably measures actual real-time levels of THC intoxication? I’ve never heard of one, and I work in a drug screen clinic.
The friggin government doesn’t deserve a cent in tax on pot. After all the money they’ve wasted trying to get rid of it, they want money to legalize it, in the form of more tax’s ? They can suck me. F the American Nazi government.