Where did I say what happened after prohibition was conjecture? You're grasping at straws.
On Oct 14, 1:32 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > Zeb, > > What the fuck is "conjecture" about what happened to the bootlegging > business after the repeal of Prohibition? It's a matter of historical > fact, not conjecture. Are you responding to my post or just slinging > words together and hoping they form a lucid thought? > > "Excessive" is a matter of opinion. > > On Oct 14, 11:19 am, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I pointed out a case with cigarettes where excessive taxes created a > > black market. And of course I'm saying what I THINK might happen. > > Drugs aren't legalized. Everything we say about it is conjecture until > > it occurs. > > > On Oct 14, 12:22 am, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Zeb, > > > > You are basing your arguement on what you THINK MIGHT happen and then > > > attempting to treat that as if it were indeed a fact. What happened to > > > the bootlegging empire when booze was made legal again? Was it taxed > > > high enough to put the bootleggers back in business? Nooooooo....... > > > > On Oct 13, 7:04 pm, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > God damn Holly, are you intentionally dense? The point is that making > > > > drugs legal would be pointless if politicians placed so many taxes on > > > > them that it would be profitable to bootleg them. Then the same guys > > > > going to jail for selling them now would be going to jail for > > > > bootlegging them then. > > > > > On Oct 13, 4:07 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Zeb, > > > > > > Once again, it isn't about you and your pesonal habits. > > > > > Yeah, and if the state of Illinois had cheaper taxes on weed than did > > > > > the state of Missouri they would cross the border to buy cheaper. Or > > > > > on cars, or food, or whatever. So? > > > > > > Politicians are stupid and greedy????? Well no shit Sherlock. > > > > > > On Oct 13, 2:54 pm, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I don't smoke. But people that do go to different states that have > > > > > > lower taxes on cigarettes and bring them back (illegal, > > > > > > technically). > > > > > > Also they go to Indian reservations, where there is no tax at all, > > > > > > and > > > > > > buy them by the case to sell in bodegas and on the street in NYC. It > > > > > > is a HUGE black market created directly by our stupid, greedy > > > > > > politicians. Kinda like how they created the mortgage loan disaster. > > > > > > > On Oct 13, 3:31 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Zeb, > > > > > > > > Really? When was the last time you bought gasoline, cigarettes or > > > > > > > booze on the black market? > > > > > > > > On Oct 13, 12:57 pm, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > The ironic thing is that our despicable pig politicians will > > > > > > > > tax the > > > > > > > > drugs so heavily that a black market, run by the same people > > > > > > > > who run > > > > > > > > it now will flourish. As an example, cigarettes are $10 a pack > > > > > > > > in NYC, > > > > > > > > mostly comprised of taxes. Tens of millions of packs are now > > > > > > > > sold > > > > > > > > there on the black market every year. > > > > > > > > > On Oct 13, 12:11 pm, EndtheProhibition <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Over 6,000 cartel murders in '08, at least 7,000 before the > > > > > > > > > end of > > > > > > > > > '09. > > > > > > > > > Many of the victims are children, police officers and > > > > > > > > > politicians. > > > > > > > > > > These murders will only stop when we legalize the production > > > > > > > > > and sale > > > > > > > > > of marijuana to adults, undercut the cartel's marijuana > > > > > > > > > prices with > > > > > > > > > legal weed thus eliminating two-thirds of the cartel's > > > > > > > > > incomes. No > > > > > > > > > business can withstand the loss of two-thirds of its income! > > > > > > > > > > Legalize - Save Lives!!- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
