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Well that didn't take long, huh? Get some states to legalize some Weed, tax it, and now the Demos want the Fed to get a cut. What say ye?
Two Democratic U.S. congressmen from Colorado and Oregon introduced separate bills on Friday that would regulate marijuana like alcohol in states where it is legal and tax sales of the drug at the federal level.
The bill submitted by Representative Jared Polis of Colorado would replace the current federal prohibition model with a regulatory model similar to the one used for alcohol. It would remove the drug from the Controlled Substances Act.
The bill introduced by Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon would tax marijuana at the federal level.
Read Latest Breaking News from Newsmax.com Colorado, Oregon Congressmen Pitch Federal Pot Framework
Well that didn't take long, huh? Get some states to legalize some Weed, tax it, and now the Demos want the Fed to get a cut. What say ye?
Two Democratic U.S. congressmen from Colorado and Oregon introduced separate bills on Friday that would regulate marijuana like alcohol in states where it is legal and tax sales of the drug at the federal level.
The bill submitted by Representative Jared Polis of Colorado would replace the current federal prohibition model with a regulatory model similar to the one used for alcohol. It would remove the drug from the Controlled Substances Act.
The bill introduced by Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon would tax marijuana at the federal level.
Read Latest Breaking News from Newsmax.com Colorado, Oregon Congressmen Pitch Federal Pot Framework
Democrats have never seen a tax they didn't support.... and it is inevitable they would go after weed.
Washington has an effective tax rate on marijuana of 44%.. in Colorado, it's about 29%... and now they want more taxes hoisted on it.
I'm almost glad it's still illegal in Texas... legal weed it too damned expensive ( nearly double the price of illegal weed)
I don't see the harm in it. If a state wants to legalize marijuana, it's only natural the fed. govt. should get a cut too. As for the legalization of marijuana, it's really only a matter of time. Whether or not that is a good thing is up for debate, but my general idea is if you want to smoke it, I don't care one way or the other so long as you do so responsibly and are subjected to similar laws that regulate alcohol consumption.
the federal govt still considers marijuana to be a controlled substance and illegal to possess... wouldn't taking tax money directly derived from the sale of a controlled substance be contrary to federal law?
monetarily benefiting from a federal crime lands people in Prison and has their property stripped from them.. but we're saying it's ok for the federal govt to do so?
I don't want them to tax it on a federal level, but if they really want that money, they should decriminalize it first....
the federal govt still considers marijuana to be a controlled substance and illegal to possess... wouldn't taking tax money directly derived from the sale of a controlled substance be contrary to federal law?
monetarily benefiting from a federal crime lands people in Prison and has their property stripped from them.. but we're saying it's ok for the federal govt to do so?
I don't want them to tax it on a federal level, but if they really want that money, they should decriminalize it first....
the federal govt still considers marijuana to be a controlled substance and illegal to possess... wouldn't taking tax money directly derived from the sale of a controlled substance be contrary to federal law?
monetarily benefiting from a federal crime lands people in Prison and has their property stripped from them.. but we're saying it's ok for the federal govt to do so?
I don't want them to tax it on a federal level, but if they really want that money, they should decriminalize it first....
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