Legalizing marijuana would both increase revenue from taxes on MJ sales, and decrease law enforcement and prison costs. It would also free up a number of existing prison and jail beds for offenders who have actually committed a crime worse than taking a toke. Also, the cost of law enforcement along the Mexican/California border would be reduced because it would be pointless for the cartels to continue to bring MJ into California since they will not long be able to profit from it.
It's a win/win situation no matter how you look at it. On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > Without looking -- I am assuming that new revenue sources would be the > way to go. Which is why legalizing marijuana is getting a serious > look. > > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Not so much. Most of the property taxes stay at the local level. >> State budget crisis is because the state cannot by law spend more than >> the revenue collected. When Arnold took office, he killed an existing >> tax increase on vehicle taxes that would have brought in billions, >> kowtowed to the unions, especially the prison guard union, for pay >> increases, and based several budgets on funds promised by the feds and >> never delivered. >> >> The entire budget is available here: http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/ >> >> I like to ask people who are bitching about the CA budget to review >> it and tell me what they really want removed. So far, no one has >> answered >> >> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> There is real reason this think that if Prop 13 never existed, >>> California would not have a budget crisis right now at all. >>> >>> http://repealprop13.org/ >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318662 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
