When cocaine and opium were legal there were NO TAXES on them. Look, if you think the government wouldn't tax the living shit out of drugs if they were made legal, knock yourself out.
On Oct 14, 3:32 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > Zeb, > > You are not following the logic of this discussion > Alcohol is a drug. It was legal for a period of time. Then it was made > illegal for a period of time and spawned vast criminal activity. Then > it was made legal again, and the vast majority of that criminal > activity ended. > > Marijuana, cocaine and opium was legal for a period of time. Then it > was made illegal and spawned vast criminal activity. Logic would > indicate that if it is made legal again it would follow roughly the > same pattern as did alcohol. > > The first example (alcohol) is NOT conjecture, it is historical fact. > > On Oct 14, 1:10 pm, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. 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