jumpincactus
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Fukk bro tryn to find truth anywhere at anytime is a chore nowadayz. I love this quote and how true it is.Trying to find truth in an election year is tricky!
Thank you man. I appreciate you!!It is complicated. The amount of tax revenue collected is a drop in the bucket compared to traditional sources such as property tax. I believe they mostly use the money to help out struggling schools that are not able to generate enough property tax income. This is a pretty good article on it.
Well of course it s a distraction. Discredit Colo and place the ??? mark over their head and then make AZ voters get all crazy and vote no. But to that end it should not matter, but it can have an effect, since the MPP proponents here arent getting the airtime that Insys can afford.Sounds like a distraction, how does what Colorado chooses to do with the tax dollars generated affect what any other state does with theirs? I have to say I liked it better when Oregon was just a medical state and OLCC wasn't involved.
I prefer your reviews. And I'm lazy.If anyone doesn't feel like clicking the article, there is about a 30%-40% tax on pot. That figure is the combination of several smaller taxes. Around half to a third of the 30 goes to schools (15% excise tax) and the rest goes to a general fund. While money for schools is a selling point, it doesn't come close to covering the massive amount of cash education needs.
The article even has a sweet flow chart explaining it all, it is a good quick read on an interesting topic.
Colorado isn't a Democrat leaning state...it's Red as fuck. Only the mountain towns carry the vote for the liberal stuff...like legalizing pot. The ranchers on both sides of the state are redneck as fuck and just as lost politically as most of the conservative clowns in the Midwest are.
It will be interesting to see who/what they believe, jumpin. Either way...it's only a matter of time before legalization hits across the nation. It's also only a matter of time before these crazy high tax figures CO is flaunting start to DIVE as more and more states join in and the monopoly CO/OR/WA have on this ends.
Sorry, guys. The news doesn't tell us what the tax dollars do, these days. Chances are they will blow all. But, the real news is Eastern Colorado is booming, because of the green rush. Yeah, there's only 285 people in our little town, but that's a lot more than our last census. Money comes from out of staters, here to buy rec weed. We all know someone, or grow ourselves.Denver and boulder do help a bit on swinging the state blue, the springs not so much. Eastern colorado is just west kansas, they can fuck right off. Geographically it reminds me of IL where you have one large city and it directs what happens politically; which pisses off 90% of the state based on landmass...but it's like 5% of the actual population that is mad. More people live in my apartment complex than live in some counties.
Had a nice Irish kid knock on the door last night doing voter outreach. He seemed really happy we opened the door and talked with him.
Whitey, you never get high on your own supply, didn't you listen to NWA?I think it is a pretty cool experience, not quite Amsterdam coffee shop cool, but being able to walk into a legitimate brick and mortar store to buy weed is incredible. I am willing to pay the high taxes for the novelty. As has been said, it's mostly for people visiting colorado though or very casual locals. Would go broke quick at the prices being charged for weed that just isn't that great. no clue why anyone wouldn't grow their own supply. I do visit one every three to six months when I want some sort of oil cartridge or other manufactured product (looks at weed soda...yep gotta try it for science.)
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