XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: bliss@sfo.com   
      
   Walter Bushell wrote:   
   > In article   
   > ,   
   >  Steady Eddy  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I think it should be legalized, regulated and taxed like alcohol. I   
   >> think it should be sold at the grocery store like any other legal   
   >> product. However, if the government charges 50 dollars an ounce tax   
   >> you will just start another underground bootlegging scheme. People   
   >> will be bringing in Marijuana by the  truckload to beat the tax. Bad   
   >> plan. Keep it small and simple, say 10 dollars an ounce. We don't want   
   >> to start another problem.   
   >   
   > $10 or 20 an oz. tax would be about right. People could buy what quality   
   > they want. Or perhaps a tax based on percentage of THC? Most people   
   > would be glad to pay a tax to get proven quality and no contamination.   
      
   	I have advocated the use of revenue stamps to be bought by   
   either seller or buyer.  Sell them at the PO and apply them to   
   baggies as revenue stamps are applied to the cigarette packs.   
      
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