Posted on 01/18/2014 10:23:25 AM PST by Anton.Rutter
“Maybe all of the dopers and free loaders in America will move to Colorado for its full benefits.”
‘No, they’re not going to do that. What they will do is start passing similar laws across the rest of the country.’
Oregone and Washington will be right there along with Nevada for the increases in taxes and their love of the deviant life styles.
Washington's already there. I'll bet in ten years half the states in the country will have decriminalized recreational use of marijuana.
“Washington’s already there. I’ll bet in ten years half the states in the country will have decriminalized recreational use of marijuana.”
Particularly those states suffering from not enough taxes to pay their voting cults to stay elected.
Using the $’s figures from Coloradotokeum up. $300 an ounce for MJ is apparently the going rate. Tax that at a minimum of 8% and the state collects an extra $24/ounce of MJ sold.
They could probably charge the super smart MJ smokers 50% sales tax, and that wouldn’t cut down on sales.
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