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| | | (...) Why doesn't the Gov't legalize marijuana (et al) and simply tax it exorbitantly, like 80,000%, or something? I mean, the government *does* have the power to levy taxes, and that would seem to accomplish nominally the same thing. Dave! (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Medical Marijuana —David Eaton
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| | | | | (...) Pros: 1. Increased government income from taxes made 2. More government jobs for overseeing drug trade 3. Increased commerce (theoretically) 4. Fewer crowded prisons 5. Less court time & police time used (IE more time for other crimes) 6. (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Medical Marijuana —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) I think the argument being put forth is that 80,000% is so high as to not make it profitable or even feasible to actually carry out commerce. So I'm not sure your pros and cons apply. (but maybe they do... at one dollar an ounce (an (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Medical Marijuana —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Yeah, I was trying to formulate a scenario in which the gov't could "allow" marijuana (or the like) but might place some dollar restriction on sales to make the legal purchase undesirable to the consumer. Not sure if it would work, except in (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Medical Marijuana —David Eaton
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Ah, so as to make it so ridiculous in cost that nobody would buy it and thus essentially stop drug use? I spose. In any event, I think the pros and cons still apply as to why not legalize it-- just perhaps not for the supposed plan. As for the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Medical Marijuana —David Eaton
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| | | | | | | | (...) Ah, so as to make it so ridiculous in cost that nobody would buy it and thus essentially stop drug use? I spose. In any event, I think the pros and cons still apply as to why not legalize it-- just perhaps not for the supposed plan. As for the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Medical Marijuana —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | David: I think a lot of that shows a poor understanding of what is actually taking place in our good country. The reasons to keep drugs (currently illicit drugs) ILLEGAL are: 1. Increased government income (nondeclared, slips easily into one's (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Oops! (was Re: Medical Marijuana) —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | (...) "foreign companies" sould be "foreign countries". yeeeesh! -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Medical Marijuana —David Eaton
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| | | | | | (...) ? I admit I'm not up on the issues, but essentially the reasons you give are "under-the-covers" reasoning. And as such, are they encouragable? IE is having "slush money" and "overseeing drug trade" and "illegally dealing in drugs" something (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Medical Marijuana —Lawrence Wilkes
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| | | | | | | "David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:Gn9n82.12G@lugnet.com... (...) listen to the BBC radio program I mentioned in earlier post for discussions on US governments role in creating the drug problem (URL) 15 minutes in till the end (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Medical Marijuana —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) They're true assertions about how things operate. Further, they're extremely valid reasons for the powers that be to want drugs illegal although I deny that they've organised into an overarching conspiracy that has thought things through. But (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Medical Marijuana —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | (...) I deny it too. I just think that you can get the same results with smaller factions all vying for power. -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Medical Marijuana —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Oh ya. We're not arguing about that!!! I think maybe you can even argue that you get the results FASTER with many smaller organisms competing (in the market of bad ideas fostered by the very existence of big government and the system it (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Medical Marijuana —Lawrence Wilkes
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| | | | "Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:Gn994v.CIp@lugnet.com... (...) Because taxing it at 80,000% would simply continue the demand for illegal, untaxed product lawrence (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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