tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post7272301508697770055..comments2024-03-28T23:33:45.139-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : We Never Will LearnComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-49784020551079323382019-10-01T08:34:04.701-04:002019-10-01T08:34:04.701-04:00I'm not sure I'd trust them making donuts,...I'm not sure I'd trust them making donuts, either. Leo Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537108468817834665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-84638878023530362972019-09-29T10:19:57.251-04:002019-09-29T10:19:57.251-04:00Ed, that is true only if the tax level is too high...Ed, that is true only if the tax level is too high. For example: NYC has a cigarette black market, their tax is $5.85/pack. MO does not, their tax is 17 cents. <br /><br />For a New Yorker on a cross-country trip, buy two cartons of smokes at a store off I-70 in MO and they'll save $117.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-26725174117462369502019-09-28T22:20:37.594-04:002019-09-28T22:20:37.594-04:00Taxation creates black markets. Just leave people ...Taxation creates black markets. Just leave people the hell alone.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14658730069022837576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-59597124922220872142019-09-28T11:39:00.559-04:002019-09-28T11:39:00.559-04:00" retrain the DEA to do HVAC work, pumbing or..." retrain the DEA to do HVAC work, pumbing or welding. " Nahh Making donuts on the night shift is more their speed. Mechanical contracting takes real smarts and a sense of integrity (shoddy work breaks and puts you out of business).Stewart Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830186006689502072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-80421823274697558252019-09-28T11:13:55.043-04:002019-09-28T11:13:55.043-04:00Drugs are basically a moral issue."You cannot...Drugs are basically a moral issue."You cannot legislate morality". It's been tried and failed throughout history.<br />w3skiw3skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993709956954374919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-90814817970466216972019-09-28T02:53:44.035-04:002019-09-28T02:53:44.035-04:00I agree, and the example of Portugal could help gu... I agree, and the example of Portugal could help guide policy. I have grave doubts that we have what it takes to adjust our thinking in order to capitalize on the opportunities it would present us with, but this shit just isn't working... unless you're one of those getting rich off of it.<br /><br /> I was born and raised in Humboldt county, and I have close friends and family members who have done prison time for weed.<br /><br /> I've known quite a few who made themselves harmlessly stupid smoking it, but I also have a couple of friends in shallow graves along the Eel river over the fact that it was illegal and thus dangerous and expensive.<br /><br /> The crack epidemic made the part of Oakland where I lived a free-fire zone, and fueled the gangs who had gunfights on our street every few days, but that's been thirty years ago, and the over reaction to it was ineffective at the time and just plain damaging now.<br /><br /> So the way I see it, now that weed is legal here and in other states, we have to prove the concept and give the politicians something to counter the fear of being labeled soft on crime.<br /> <br /> At least the Sacklers are gonna have to pay a little, but remember that a lot of those who died of OD's wouldn't have died if they weren't trying so hard to hide from the cops.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-87025440773543161422019-09-27T23:11:43.143-04:002019-09-27T23:11:43.143-04:00Maybe big pharma understands they will lose huge n...Maybe big pharma understands they will lose huge numbers of patients if they we legalized. A huge number of people would self-medicate with weed and heroin. With assured quality/strength, the allure of pills diminishes.CenterPuke88https://www.blogger.com/profile/17770056621255249861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-5110439505145085032019-09-27T16:01:08.846-04:002019-09-27T16:01:08.846-04:00Agree with this opinion. Apparently too much money...Agree with this opinion. Apparently too much money going into "private/legitimate" hands. I think Prohibition only made money for the mob? Might be the reason for the different response these days?Diz Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04877392487889849238noreply@blogger.com