January 20, 201412 yr Well if medicinal marijuana is all that is approved I don't think that would come close to covering what is being grown now. How ever this works out it will only be a boom for the tax collectors and the corporations that are growing and dispensing it...I don't think there will be many mom and pop operations that will profit from this in any way. Colorado has projected earnings of $67 MILLION in their first year after legalizing recreational marijuana. Approximately $28 million is going directly to the school system. Don't you think Kentucky's economy and school system could benefit from that type of money? Yes, it is another tax. But it's the type of tax that only affects smokers. If you don't buy pot and if you don't smoke pot, you only reap the benefits of additional revenue. Sounds pretty good to me.
January 20, 201412 yr I don't know how all states work but I have a supplier that is from CT and he is one of several investors trying to get a licenses to be a grower in CT. He said there will be 3 approved growers for the state and 6 approved dispensaries. So not just anyone can grow it or sell it.
January 20, 201412 yr I don't know how all states work but I have a supplier... Hook a brother up, dude!
January 20, 201412 yr They just need to legalize it completely and tax the living daylights out of it... I'm tired of hearing about it. Maybe potheads will shut up finally if it's legalized. No they will find something else to complain about :lol2:
January 21, 201412 yr I think one of the things often overlooked in these debates (at least on BGP) is the amount of $$$ that will be taken from cartels, etc. who are getting rich by supplying it through illicit trade as things stand now. I know cartels probably aren't as much of an issue in Kentucky, but on the national scale, I'd imagine that it's quite a problem.
January 21, 201412 yr I think one of the things often overlooked in these debates (at least on BGP) is the amount of $$$ that will be taken from cartels, etc. who are getting rich by supplying it through illicit trade as things stand now. I know cartels probably aren't as much of an issue in Kentucky, but on the national scale, I'd imagine that it's quite a problem. It would also free up some space in the overcrowded jail system.
January 24, 201412 yr [QUOTE=Jumper_Dad;4916783] I never understood why Libertarians supported legalizing marijuana as much as they do. How much government intervention and levels of bureaucracy would legalizing and taxing marijuana add? Not even thinking about the additional IRS/Tax collection, regulations and government audits. I support a SMALLER Government not making it bigger and giving it a new tax base. Just to get votes!!!!!!!!
January 24, 201412 yr It would also free up some space in the overcrowded jail system. I'd say the local jails don't have many people in them for smoking or even selling marijuana...most times they get arrested, released and then get probation...no body doing 20 years in Eddyville for smoking pot.
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