And they would see a new revenue stream (like it or not) from tourism based around drug use. Similar to going to Amsterdam.
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:318684 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
