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   XPost: alt.politics.usa   
   From: bliss@sfo.com   
      
   lab~rat >:-) wrote:   
   > On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:13:03 -0700 (PDT), Brother Nate   
   >  puked:   
   >   
   >> M_P wrote:   
   >>> On Sep 10, 12:51 pm, "lab~rat  >:-)"  wrote:   
   >>>> Illegal to sell.  Legal to grow.   
   >>> That will put a dent in criminal profits ... but they'd be wiped out   
   >>> be legalizing sale.   
   >>>   
   >>>> Legal to possess personal use.   
   >>>> Illegal for minors.  Illegal to smoke in public like open containers.   
   >>>> No taxes.   
   >> I think it's really cute that anyone could imagine that   
   >> in today's fiscal climate lawmakers would consider   
   >> legalizing any drug at all without taxing it.   
   >   
   > Well we have to start from a negotiating point far from the end   
   > result.  My argument is that eliminating the law enforcement and   
   > incarceration resulting from the enforcement would free up millions,   
   > perhaps billions.  Taxing wouldn't be necessary and could lead to a   
   > black market since pot is just a plant that anyone could grow.   
   > --   
   > lab~rat  >:-)   
   > Do you want polite or do you want sincere?   
      
   	We already have a black market in cannabis.  Will Foster   
   is suffering in an Oklahoma prison because of the damned laws.   
   I would gladly pay taxes to keep Will Foster out of prison.   
      
   	You insult people willing to pay taxes while you are using   
   a medium paid for with taxes in development and other ways.   
   You are one of those "starve the beast" Neo-cons I'd bet, posing   
   as an anarchist.  If the common needs a good such as transport   
   expect to pay for the channels it uses either piecemeal as tolls   
   or taxes.  Expect as well to pay the tolls when you buy food   
   or clothing because the seller had to pay them to get it to   
   you.  While it is true that cannabis can be grown nearly anywhere   
   including private closets it is a hassle and some people would   
   rather pay a cannabist who sells the stuff and makes profits   
   and who pays taxes on the profit.  And one who of course makes   
   a reasonably reliable product rather than spending hundreds of   
   hours trying to force a a decent product out of non-descript   
   seeds.   
      
   	You are free to do as you please in this matter.  While the   
   law as presently written is in force I do hope you will be careful   
   in your horticulture and/or acquisitions so that you do not become   
   a drain upon the publics taxes.   
      
   	And I prefer honest but polite.  Sincerity used to be the banner   
   of the Shogun's enforcers in Kyoto in the 1860s as they went about   
   intimidating and killing.  Sincere is the quality the politicians   
   must   
   learn to display(some in acting classes.)   
      
   	later   
   	bliss   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)