11-07-2013, 07:24 AM
(11-07-2013, 12:54 AM)username Wrote: I think that's great but it would be a lot easier if you could just buy the stuff in 2.5 oz. bags off the shelves at CVS (like booze). I thought part of the benefit of legalizing it was the tax income that would be generated for the state?
It's true that one motivation for legalizing recreational marijuana is tax revenue.
I hate taxes though; the more tax revenue, the more government finds a reason to spend.
I don't mind paying a reasonable tax for public works and welfare, but it's effin' insane what I (and many others) pay now via taxes for things that don't benefit me (or many others) in the least.
I'm in favor of legalization because I don't believe that people who choose to light up hurt anybody else. No crime. Just don't think people who get busted for pot possession should end up with a record which holds them back from future employment. Selfishly, I don't appreciate paying to keep them incarcerated, or paying to feed them because they can't get jobs.