To: calcowgirl
Does anyone have the current number of pot smokers in CA? I heard once that there were 14 million drug users and that over half just did pot.
How many people are we talking about taxing now?
15 posted on
05/05/2009 2:36:23 PM PDT by
edcoil
(Taxes only help an evil government)
To: edcoil
Going by your numbers, if they tax pot similarly to how they tax Tobacco, CA could be looking at $500-750 million per year in a Pot Tax. Or barely over 1% of the states budget shortfall. CA Localities would also see an equivalent drop in law enforcement spending of around $500 million statewide.
19 posted on
05/05/2009 2:39:24 PM PDT by
spikeytx86
(Pray for Democrats for they have been brainwashed by their fruity little club.)
To: edcoil
That would be nearly half of CA. I thought there were only 30 million total in the state.
21 posted on
05/05/2009 2:39:47 PM PDT by
svcw
(There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who know binary and those who don't.)
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