Pot Tax?

[turtlespeed 226]

Legalize it and tax the hell out of it.

Tax it the same as cigarettes, Alcohol, and at least as much as the income tax as the upper 1%.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[wmw999 2,589]

I'm sorry -- this is BF. We only smoke pot here, or throw it on the fire. Tacks are what you cuss after stepping on.

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[turtlespeed 226]

wmw999

I'm sorry -- this is BF. We only smoke pot here, or throw it on the fire. Tacks are what you cuss after stepping on.

Wendy P.

Yeah - Wrong forum. . . I dropped the ball again.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[ryoder 1,590]

Could you repeat that, and type a little slower?
It's kind of hazy in here.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[turtlespeed 226]

ryoder

Could you repeat that, and type a little slower?
It's kind of hazy in here.

Nah - but I do want to take a long drive - at about 15 miles an hour.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[rushmc 23]

turtlespeed

***Could you repeat that, and type a little slower?
It's kind of hazy in here.

Nah - but I do want to take a long drive - at about 15 miles an hour.

With snacks???

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[turtlespeed 226]

rushmc

******Could you repeat that, and type a little slower?
It's kind of hazy in here.

Nah - but I do want to take a long drive - at about 15 miles an hour.

With snacks???

Definitely a stop by a drive thru chip supplier, with slim jims and a nice large slurpee.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[rushmc 23]

turtlespeed

*********Could you repeat that, and type a little slower?
It's kind of hazy in here.

Nah - but I do want to take a long drive - at about 15 miles an hour.

With snacks???

Definitely a stop by a drive thru chip supplier, with slim jims and a nice large slurpee.

Mmmmmmm

Munchies.....

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[DaVinci 0]

turtlespeed

Legalize it and tax the hell out of it.

Tax it the same as cigarettes, Alcohol, and at least as much as the income tax as the upper 1%.

Sure but provide protection that people will not sue like consumers did big tobacco.

I see no reason why adults that want to smoke pot should not be allowed as long as their actions only affect themselves.

[turtlespeed 226]

DaVinci

***Legalize it and tax the hell out of it.

Tax it the same as cigarettes, Alcohol, and at least as much as the income tax as the upper 1%.

Sure but provide protection that people will not sue like consumers did big tobacco.

I see no reason why adults that want to smoke pot should not be allowed as long as their actions only affect themselves.

That's what the tax is there for. Andy and LawRocket need a new pair of shoes?

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[FlyingRhenquest 1]

Er, yeah, duh, that's what we did.

Next year I plan to open a Dorito bar in Longmont. I'm in the "rounding up investors" phase now. My business plan is "Pot's legal here now. And these Doritos are DELICIOUS!"

I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

[davjohns 1]

Just an idea. Haven't thought it through.

I have no issue with all drugs being legal. Caveat Emptor and all that. I just have an issue with people who don't use them having to pay for the consequences.

So:

Driving under the influence, etc. remains criminal.

Roughly calculate the cost to society of the drugs (alcohol, tobacco, pot, LSD, whatever) in terms of law enforcement, estimated health care costs, etc. Then, apply those costs as a tax on the products in question.

Now that I have to pay for other people's healthcare, I'll be taking a greater interest in how they care for their health...and advocating taxes on unhealthy things.

I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet..

But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course.

[Arvoitus 1]

davjohns

Just an idea. Haven't thought it through.

I have no issue with all drugs being legal. Caveat Emptor and all that. I just have an issue with people who don't use them having to pay for the consequences.

So:

Driving under the influence, etc. remains criminal.

Roughly calculate the cost to society of the drugs (alcohol, tobacco, pot, LSD, whatever) in terms of law enforcement, estimated health care costs, etc. Then, apply those costs as a tax on the products in question.

Now that I have to pay for other people's healthcare, I'll be taking a greater interest in how they care for their health...and advocating taxes on unhealthy things.

Dude, dream on. All through out my adult life I've had to pay for other peoples shitty lifestyle choices through my taxes and yet if I tell a fat person that they need to harden the fuck up and eat less sugar, all that happens is that words like 'bigot' start to get thrown around.

Your rights end where my feelings begin.

[DanG 1]

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Now that I have to pay for other people's healthcare...

Now? I thiink maybe you don't know how the system works.

- Dan G

[davjohns 1]

Fair point.

I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet..

But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course.

[FlyingRhenquest 1]

davjohns

Just an idea. Haven't thought it through.

I have no issue with all drugs being legal. Caveat Emptor and all that. I just have an issue with people who don't use them having to pay for the consequences.

So:

Driving under the influence, etc. remains criminal.

Roughly calculate the cost to society of the drugs (alcohol, tobacco, pot, LSD, whatever) in terms of law enforcement, estimated health care costs, etc. Then, apply those costs as a tax on the products in question.

Now that I have to pay for other people's healthcare, I'll be taking a greater interest in how they care for their health...and advocating taxes on unhealthy things.

Yes. We DID all that. Come to sunny Longmont. Weed's legal (and taxed), driving under the influence is still illegal, and we'll have a delicious Dorito bar opening next year! Though I notice that since they passed that amendment, everyone seems to be driving under the speed limit now. I still can't touch the stuff, but I don't want or need to either.

Hell with drugs, man. Calculate how much the fast food restaurants cost society and tax THEM appropriately. The cost of McDonalds and its ilk go well beyond the damage to the public's health. When their underpaid employees are forced to turn to public programs for assistance, we all pay for that. In a very real way, we're all subsidizing the cost of that food and the cost of fixing the people who eat nothing but that food. Even before the new healthcare law this was true, whether those people had a health plan or showed up at an emergency room and were unable to pay the bill.

I believe what we're trying to say is, No Fatties!

I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

[davjohns 1]

It only makes sense. If the government is going to be responsible for your health care, they have to be able to tell you how to care for your health.

Responsibility = Authority.

I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet..

But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course.

[normiss 898]

Suddenly some Longmont issues make more sense now.

"dooooood! did you hear an airplane or what???"
"HA!!! it's 2:40!"