No when I say "revenue" I mean it. If the Feds take the lion's share of the revenue it hog-ties the States in the most fundamental aspects of political economy experiments.
On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > > If it weren't for the fact that the Federal government is so dead-set >> against any kind of decentralization of power and revenue, this and many >> other ideas would have been tested long ago in the laboratory of the States. >> > > Do you mean the way marijuana is being sold in Colorado as of yesterday? > Or the way a single payer health insurance was established in Vermont in > 2011? > > I am pretty sure that if a state wanted to established an unconditional > basic income, Uncle Sam would have no objection. > > > Interesting questions has been raised regarding Colorado. They now have a > state official in charge of regulating the sales and safety of marijuana. > Question: Does this official need to pass a drug test? And if so, which way? > > - Jed > >
