http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Rook...-40070267.html

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/...to_introdu.php


"............Mecke said Ammiano's proposed bill "would remove all penalties in California law on cultivation, transportation, sale, purchase, possession, or use of marijuana, natural THC, or paraphernalia for persons over the age of 21."........"

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So how would that tax work on home growers? I doubt many would like to pony up 50.00 every time an OZ of their crop came in, and also, would you be taxed on the schwag, the leaves and stems. Who would oversee the taxing? Would a guy come to your house with a set of scales. Sounds too rediculous, plus it would create a new breed of criminal, the home grower that wouldn't want to pay the tax, and therefore be in violation of the law. I say if they want to tax it, it must be on store bought buds, But that would drive the price up and create even more home growers (Criminals).

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i'm self employed. i write it all down. just like any other business. i have a huge box of receipts.

not all people who are self employed are thieves. neither are all pot heads. you will have thieves everywhere you go. hell look at used car dealers. i bet they all keep tight records.

grower turned criminal. is that what you would do?

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Some one should remind the ballless politicos in Sacramento that the solution to that is to kick the DEA out of the State.

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next they will go after back taxes be careful who sees this box "o" receipts....

and i would gladly pay them. i'm an honest man.

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keeping above board is what will let bills like this pass

Well, I don't grow anymore, so that is not an option. Now I suppose you would send the state 50.00 for every OZ you grew, come on now, you really expect me to believe that. I may believe you'd send them 50.00 on every OZ you sold and include that into the price, But I highly doubt you'd pay that 50.00 on those OZs you keep for yourself. Like I said, charging 50.00 an OZ at the store could be feasible, but home growers that grow for their smoking pleasure would undoubtably not want to pay the state for that priveledge. after all, it was their work and expense that went into producing that bounty, why pay the state, especially if they don't know.

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i don't see why it would be any different than any other self employed person producing a product. do small farmers pay all there taxes when they open a fruit stand? do commercial fisherman pay taxes on their catch? what about wineries? hella small family owned wineries up here. they sell bottles out the front door. do they pay taxes on all those?

there are criminals because the system is corrupt. maybe if we start fixing things people would be more willing to follow along. i think this was the basis for "taxes" in the first place.
i could be wrong.

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Wordz of wisdom right here... i hope things work out in cali

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