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a malcontent rant� 05.05.2009
It's Time to Tax the Potheads
After all, ending Prohibition ended the Great
Depression
By
tha malcontent
ap/afp
Editor in Chief
May 5,
12:45 PM MST
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Let's be perfectly honest... Most cities ignore or barely hand slap for pot
possession.
I have been alive long enough to see a major Federal effort against marijuana,
and yet I have seen very little, if any benefit from that Federal money being
spent.
Couple that with the fact that the pot that is being sold and consumed right now
is 100% untaxable, and only produces financial burdens in our prisons when
occasionally a "big fish" is caught and housed for the �crime� of selling a
plant that predates our Republic.
This was also the case during the alcohol Prohibition during the Great
Depression, and I submit to you that until Prohibition was ended, that the Great
Depression was not looking to go away.
Take a look at how sweeping an effect that Prohibition had on our ability to
tax:
Amendment XVIII (1919)
Section 1. After one year from the ratification
of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors
within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United
States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage
purposes is hereby prohibited.
Section 2. The Congress and the several states shall have concurrent power to
enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified
as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several states,
as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the
submission hereof to the states by the Congress.
If anything, part of the economic issues in that era stemmed directly from the
Gubmn't destroying that massive industry with Prohibition.
It wasn�t just tax revenue that the Gubmn�t was missing out on in the form of
taxing the product, but it was also the income of the workers of that industry,
and the industries that supported it in the form of crates, bottles,
transportation, construction, etc., etc.
I am sure it took a few more years after 1920 when the 18th Amendment actually
went into Law for it to start having an effect on the economy.
In 1929, the Stock Market crashed, and it was at least an indirect product of
the unjust raping of the alcohol industry, in my opinion.
As a last ditch effort in 1933, the Gubmn't undid that ridiculous amendment, and
don�t let the excuse of organized crime distract you from why they really did
it... It was ALL about the money.
Amendment XXI (1933)
Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to
the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
Section 2. The transportation or importation into any state, territory, or
possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating
liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified
as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several states, as
provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission
hereof to the states by the Congress.
From 1933 on, the Great Depression began to subside. Unemployment went from
about 25% in 1933 to about 15% leading into 1939 and our ever-approaching entry
into the European theater, and the War Machine that lead us out of the Great
Depression once and for all.
But I digress, it's high time the Potheads stopped cheating this economy and pay
their fair share.
If we aren�t going to enforce the Laws regarding possession of pot, which we
basically are NOT, and this Administration is even LESS likely to, then lets tax
the product and put the resources of the Police and the Courts to better use,
like going after Representative William Jefferson (D), and Speaker of the House
Nancy Pelosi (D) for assisting that Criminal to avoid Justice.
For the record, I don't smoke pot, but I'd consider my own franchise if it were
to be legalized. A Hash Strip Bar... Combine stripping with pot... It's genius!
It's like this, in a Recessed Obama Era... People really need to get high, and
the Gubmn't really needs some new revenue.
I hope that I can have your Vote in 2012, and I will work to make this happen if
I am elected!
peace,
tha malcontent
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