Ok, so they will make billions, how much would this tax be and for what amount of product? Lets go with $100 per ounce tax (remember there IS a tax law right now for medical marijuana), who is going to pay that? Do you think making it legal and putting a tax on it is going to make it ok, no black market to get past the tax, it sure will/would happen. If anything, it will get worse, not better if pot was legal and taxed. Do you think all of a sudden if they make pot legal thousands/millions of people are going to say "cool, I always wanted to get stoned" and start buying it, when they never used it in the 1st place? Are you telling me there is the "client" base for the product RIGHT NOW to support this billions in taxes? If so, then there is a lot of criminals on the streets right now that should be in jail, after all it is an illegal drug.
Hell, I am a smoker and I have been looking all over for short cuts to get past taxes, I just can't find a guy making smokes in his basement for me to get a good deal.
I will agree that maybe a profit would be made, but no where near what "economists predict"...There is just to much of the unknown when it come to this type of thing.
It short it doesn't matter... This has been talked about from the late 1930s (when it became illegal), it didn't become legal back then after the fact and it wont become legal anytime in the future. I would love to see someone go to the Supreme court to fight for this case, I bet there are a lot of stand up lawyers that are just waiting to take this case on.
By the way... If anyone is going to spit out numbers, back them up with a link, farting out some numbers don't do a thing for me... My numbers are guesses, I never said they were fact or backed up by some economist (I bet the same economists that said all is fine in America today, maybe they were stoned when they did both reports)
And Bob... I don't see why "fuck" had to be used. Did I upset you, you felt a little pissed and had to get it out somehow? (not sure why you would take my comment so personnel, are you looking on becoming a pothead?) "How could they lose money if it was legal" would have worked just fine.
This is just one of those threads it doesn't matter what you say, it wont matter... So I will remove myself from this "pointless" discussion/tobic.