Might Be Moving To Washington

SevenHourWorkWeek said:

Oh and if it is ever removed from the federal contraband list, you still won't get your wish of a fair market industry. That will never happen. The government will assign the task of supplying pot to big business interests, impose heavy regulations and restrictions on home growing and private sales, and you will never have a chance of competing. There is a very finite time left for the average joe to make legitimate money in this game. Get some while you can or wish you did later.

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UncleBuck said:

i thought of moving it to other states, and it was tempting. i know people in many bordering states with cards, so the risk would have been minimal, too.

my personal philosophy is that cannabis has too high of a market value due to its prohibition. if it were to be re-legalized in the right fashion, i could imagine the true cost to the consumer going way down. in my perfect world, there would be as many markets for cannabis as there are for wine. i can buy a bottle of kendall-jackson for $9 and i can buy a top shelf wine for $150 (and take a tour of their vineyard).

i want so badly to be taxed and regulated, just as any business like ours is taxed and regulated. it would ensure a product for the consumer that corresponds with their spending level and would generate direly needed revenue for the federal and state governments.

i already have plans lined up (as well as investors) for the eventuality of re-legalization. for now though, i am stuck using an inordinate amount of space (rent = utility) and electric (electric=utility) and heat (heat=utility) to grow plants in a counterproductive fashion (soil, nutrients, containers, pest control, lights, fans, cabinets, extension cords, etc = supplies). sadly, this investment must be passed onto the end consumer.

the supplies and utilities needed to produce top shelf cannabis for medical purposes is enormous, almost $5 a gram, or $140 an ounce. you can produce it for cheaper if you are only doing personal, but when you have cancer patients and veterans with PTSD depending on you, quality, consistency, and attention to detail matter.

anyhoo, so ends my rant. end point is that i want the government to accept what i do, tax me accordingly, and regulate my product so that the consumer wins and the most well-adapted businesses survive while the rip-off factories fall.

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