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Im all about a vice tax, get rid of income tax, low flat tax on all goods high tax on vices. - See more at: www.abovetopsecret.com...
We even had our talking to about how as federal employees we should understand that any future plans to visit Colorado should not include engaging in what is still a federal crime.
originally posted by: BuzzyWigs
a reply to: benrl
Im all about a vice tax, get rid of income tax, low flat tax on all goods high tax on vices. - See more at: www.abovetopsecret.com...
Would that include reinstating the "luxury" tax?
It's a "vice", in my opinion, to hoard money off-shore and take advantage of ridiculous loopholes.
If they're going to let the uber-wealthy off the hook, let the common people off the hook, too.
originally posted by: SaturnFX
Fair enough, your a classic liberal then.
I have issue with harder drug talks. I do think full decriminalization is in order and it treated like an addiction verses a crime is in order though. Many countries do it this way and have substantially less drug addiction than the states...but yes, such personal vices should be legal, taxed, regulated, safe.
-religious rant-
Jesus sat and befriended a prostitute, working with her personally on her life choices, not going to the leaders and demand it be made illegal.
Wonder why Christians choose not to be christlike here and let people decide for themselves.
Muslims..well I just give up on them, they are socially living 500 years in the past ..but Christians, I think they can be reasonable
Fair enough, your a classic liberal then.
originally posted by: whyamIhere
The thing that gets missed is what an amazing plant Hemp is.
Forget the medicinal aspects.
It saves trees. Makes great paper, sandals, rope, oil ...
Hemp grows wild in Oklahoma and many other states.
Nobody...and I mean nobody tries to harvest it for recreational use.
The Hemp plant has as many different species as oranges or apples.
The thing that gets missed is what an amazing plant Hemp is.
HEMP FACTS
1) Hemp is among the oldest industries on the planet, going back more than 10,000 years to the beginnings of pottery. The Columbia History of the World states that the oldest relic of human industry is a bit of hemp fabric dating back to approximately 8,000 BC.
2) Presidents Washington and Jefferson both grew hemp. Americans were legally bound to grow hemp during the Colonial Era and Early Republic. The federal government subsidized hemp during the Second World War and US farmers grew about a million acres of hemp as part of that program.
Where did all of that hemp fiber come from? It came from the cannabis sativa fields of patriotic Revolutionary War-era farmers who originally grew the fibrous crop for the British Crown. Strong fibers formed strong nations in the pre-industrial age, and hemp was strategically important during the Revolutionary War.
Yet, hemp is no longer purposefully grown in the U.S. in any significant amount. The forgotten history of this lowly “ditch weed” – now hugely important as a food for migratory birds – reveals that hemp was an important crop from Colonial times through World War II, when it was last widely planted across the country for the war effort.
Read more: www.farmcollector.com...
Well, the clock’s ticking on Drug Enforcement Administration Chief Michele Leonhart. She's saying her anti-marijuana agency is “fighting back” against White House instructions to focus on heroin and OxyContin deaths, and leave alone lawful cannabis activity in Colorado and Washington. "[President Obama’s instructions] make us fight harder”, Leonhart told a House Appropriations subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies today.
gun smuggling
This is actually part of the intention of the marijuana decriminalization law that both Washington and Colorado have adopted. Make it legal and the black market will fade away.
It would seem, that Capitalism, and the Free market, works, when Government steps out of the way and stops trying to Nanny state us all, Crime actually goes down.
originally posted by: benrl
Criminals LOVE prohibition.
The article ends with a slightly slanted statement, though I feel its true.
So now we have both the DEA and cartel farmers both screaming bloody murder about legalization — sounds like we're on the right track.
originally posted by: HanzHenry
originally posted by: benrl
Criminals LOVE prohibition.
The article ends with a slightly slanted statement, though I feel its true.
So now we have both the DEA and cartel farmers both screaming bloody murder about legalization — sounds like we're on the right track.
looks like criminals arent the ONLY ones that love prohibition.
Cui Bono? who benefits from the drug war? Cartels AND DEA. they BOTH get MONEY and POWER!
Beautifully put! Washington and Colorado are carving out a new path hopefully for the rest to follow. Decriminalizing marijuana is proving to be the simple part by comparison. There are a myriad state laws and regulations that have to all be changed and this is turning out to be a legal nightmare. It will take quite some time and many mistakes will unfortunately be made. I hope that we will learn quickly.
originally posted by: BuzzyWigs
a reply to: usernameconspiracy
We even had our talking to about how as federal employees we should understand that any future plans to visit Colorado should not include engaging in what is still a federal crime.
Baby steps.