Why do you grow?

Dirtbag said:

went to college, met my wife and the rest is history.

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basscaptain said:

that's how it is in sol ca at the shops...... 20 a gram is the morn...................................... there is no 1/4 oz or anything..... about 5 yrs ago or so it went to grams over night and it's BS for people that are BROKE......................................

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Dirtbag said:

Yep, shameful to slap a sin tax on medicine.

I was watching Bill Nye saves the world the other night, it was an episode all about cannabis. He went into a dispensary in Cali and bought a half ounce "for science". I nearly shit myself when it was rung up at the till, $200, USD, for a half ounce of flowers.... Disgusting. Pathetic, greedy pseudo-capitalist pigs. Was only expensive before because it was illegal. Weird how making it legal made it even more expensive...

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Buzzer777 said:

Not defending, but I must say that owning a legal dispensary is not cheap, or for the weak at heart. ( I HAVE NO CONNECTION!)

There is staff, rent/or mortgage to pay, legal fees, State fees, taxes (Fed. Income tax too..interesting eh..LOL), and many other expenses of just running a business; not to mention the added expenses of running a business that is always in danger of a federal raid..no matter what the state law. The heavily regulated gaming industry here, served as the model for anything Cannabis related; which has helped keep the Feds out (except the FDA with CBD). Here's a biggy that folks don't think of....They can't use a bank, and the business is 100% CASH! What to do? I hear stories of heavily guarded warehouses with cash stacked on pallets! If true, that would really set them back..in spades, not to mention money laundering etc which is always a fear. Interesting problem when you think about it. Nevada is beginning a pilot program of making banking services to legal MMJ entities.

NOW.....In my opinion, there is simply no reason for them to sell an inferior product at any price; and yet they do. PERIOD!
We are different here, since they are heavily frequented by tourists that don't care what they spend on a fling. I have a card and when rec went legal, prices went up and quality suffered even more.....I decided not to just grow, but to CULTIVATE my own high quality medicine and TBH..PURE FUN!

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Dirtbag said:

Well, maybe to run a "legally", overly and unnecessarily regulated and overtaxed dispensary.

I've got another friend who owns a black market dispensary that's still open for now. Without all the govt BS he cleared well over 400 grand last year selling $125-180 ounces on a tiny frickin island. Mark emery's dispensary in Toronto was bringing in that much in profit every week. I'm not buying the "it's expensive to run a dispensary" argument. Its only expensive when the govt decides to hyper regulate and mandate a bunch of unnecessary middlemen and then sin tax it at every turn.

But since they only tax the poor I guess..

Btw, 73.1 miles. That's how tall jeff bezos'money pile would stack, get this, in $100 bills. Yet he pays no federal taxes.

Something tells me this game is rigged.

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Lord Bonkey said:

It is,
In your favour if you are a natural born subject.
But you have to have the knowledge and the money to defend your shit in court, because the government is run by dicks(people will act in bad faith just because)

all this is pretty new, commerce used to be illegal until recently.
Thats why you need a business "licence"

the tax stuff is very complex and you need a deep understanding of estates, dignities, dominions, and tenures.

basically property tax you pay in lieu of service on squired estates(ie fee simple/full dominion), which is a form of free scutage.

income tax implies that you as a person, are in possession of an incorporeal estate as of a fee simple, and the government basically owns you and as such has capital dominion(per baroniam) so they have the right to tax any increase in value.

the crown in right, holds absolute dominion or allodial title
(not relevant but cool to know i guess)

but here is what I meant,

you hold everything as an estate, EVERTHING, incorporeal, corporeal, real, movable, personal, chattel, tangible, intangible, &c&c&c

you hold it all as of a fee simple.

and there is only two was to acquire property, by inheritance, or by purchase

and the only way you can purchase something is to take possession of something that someone else doesnt own.

you also cant disseised of an estate without a trial, so if you hold your money as an estate.......


the country is literally your oyster, you are entitled to the land you need to build an estate capable of maintaining your dignity.
but the government will fight you so you will have to get an order from a justice on the QB to have your title registered.

but once you understand these things,
things like https://www.alberta.ca/unclaimed-property.aspx become much more interesting

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Lord Bonkey said:

thats exactly what "they" want you to do ;)

what if I told you everything is shit because so many people have been tricked out of taking up their birthright
and all anyone needs to do to fix it, is take up their proper spot in the grand narrative of universe

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hps4891 said:

Dayum! I'm on the other end of the country from socal but I feel certain that whenever it IS legal here; if they try & run it like that then no dispensary is gonna hurt my customer base. People dont take kindly to any product at insane prices. If its truly top shelf people may be ok with paying a lil more (keyword: little) but like you said a large majority of people esp people who need it for medicine have exhausted their wallets on medical expenses period. I don't think it's fair at all for the gov't to tax cannabis SO MUCH MORE than most other business sectors. Tax cannabis at the same rates for a start!

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basscaptain said:

In Ca grew because the cost has got crazy just like everything else there....
Here I have to or I'll start Drinking again and that's not a good thing.....................................
Really it helps me with a lot of things, at this point I really don't even get high , it's just like drinking water, But if I stop I'll have problems

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Buzzer777 said:

Have you made and used concentrates? I smoke, dab, do tinctures and still get blasted 24x7. My key to NO tolerance is MANY many different strains in my medicine cabinet. Like over FIFTY to date!

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basscaptain said:

yes me also
that's why I have to have something diff every few weeks or so......

1st time I did a Dab was in a friends shop/ DH watch me hit the floor for a sec / lemon haze / was Great.... That's what I was trying to say.... If I had go to the shops and pay there $$$ it would make it hard to get high.....

I had 5 diff ones with me Now, that I came out with.... 8 months later :) I'm about used to them all now LOL..... I'm in the mixing stage now :)
Mixing wedding cake, Face off and GSC together for the new feeling :)

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basscaptain said:

ya you use to have a pint in each of your rubbers/ boots lol

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