tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22481322.post3931520593272279515..comments2023-11-03T04:52:54.090-04:00Comments on Life with Coco and Gigi... and Jack-Jack too!: Taxing Pot for Tax Money...Really???Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08397695241403505531noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22481322.post-85541693997408241092009-05-11T12:39:00.000-04:002009-05-11T12:39:00.000-04:00No problems with legalizing it. And legalizing hem...No problems with legalizing it. And legalizing hemp would be very beneficial. But would it help the budget problem? not at all, because our government would just increase spending as a result. <br /><br />Here's an idea, don't spend more than you currently have. Maybe if the government set an example, the people would follow and the average american wouldn't be in 10000 dollars of debt(or whatever it is)<br /><br />I do have an issue with the principle of legalizing something because it would make money. Then you become a slave(at least to a degree) to that industry and potentially harmful agendas, like, say, the tobacco industry. And it's a moral slippery slope. Next, let's legalize prostitution and child porn because it would bring in big money, and only because we are in a budget crisis...timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14734782806392104457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22481322.post-83287370932269365212009-05-08T10:08:00.000-04:002009-05-08T10:08:00.000-04:00Im not sure who posted above me, but I agree with ...Im not sure who posted above me, but I agree with everything they said. I just can't type that good. ;))Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133112426691403173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22481322.post-79240252159430318032009-05-07T23:52:00.000-04:002009-05-07T23:52:00.000-04:00I think it's a good idea. It may take a while to g...I think it's a good idea. It may take a while to get the infrastructure in place but well worth the effort. We could use the revenue. The pot industry is huge in California, much like the wine industry. It's so odd to me that I can go buy a jug of wine, a bottle of gin, a pack of no-doze, some Tylenol PM, a Rockstar, and pick up a vicodin prescription but I can't buy a joint. I'm not much of a smoker, but I know plenty of people who are and are very productive and contributory members of society--we're talking lawyers and school counselors, social workers and salesman. All walks of life like the weedskie. They'd just rather have a smoke than a beer on a Friday night after the kids go to sleep. Easy as that. Of course there are abusers--welcome to America where we find a way to use and abuse all sorts of fun things. So let's legalize it and tax it already. Enough with the saintly hypocrisy. Just my two cents.<br /><br />~Anon CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com