Proposition AA Retail Marijuana Taxes - Your Vote?

[center:iialufgs]Proposition AA
Retail Marijuana Taxes[/center:iialufgs]

1 Ballot Question: SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED BY $70,000,000 ANNUALLY
2 IN THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY
3 THERE AFTER BY IMPOSING AN EXCISE TAX OF 15% WHEN UNPROCESSED RETAIL
4 MARIJUAN A IS FIRST SOLD OR TRANSFERRED BY A RETAIL MARIJUANA
5 CULTIVATION FACILITY WITH THE FIRST $40,000,000 OF TAX REVENUES BEING
6 USED FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE
7 CONSTITUTION, AND BY IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL SALES TAX OF 10% ON THE SALE
8 OF RETAIL MARIJUANA AND RETAIL MARIJUANA PRODUCTS WITH THE TAX
9 REVENUES BEING USED TO FUND THE ENFORCEMENT OF REGULATIONS ON THE
10 RETAIL MARIJUANA INDUSTRY AND OTHER COSTS RELATED TO THE
11 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE USE AND REGULATION OF RETAIL MARIJUANA AS
12 APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, WITH THE RATE OF EITHER OR BOTH TAXES BEING
13 ALLOWED TO BE DECREASED OR INCREASED WITHOUT FURTHER VOTER APPROVAL
14 SO LONG AS THE RATE OF EITHER TAX DOES NOT EXCEED 15%, AND WITH THE
15 RESULTING TAX REVENUE BEING ALLOWED TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT
16 NOT WITH STANDING ANY LIMITATIONS PROVIDED BY LAW?

You left out an option for 'Other'.

My vote will be NO because I think they are overreaching, and it is ingenious and misleading to try to tie it to school funding.

It is an opportunity to grab more $$ for the government, nothing more or less.

I'm with you, I just didn't go there because to me it seems like the hard core pot smokers are going to get or grow their own no matter what. Having a co-worker with stage four colon cancer, I've seen first hand how hard 58 rounds of chemo have been on her and I'd never begrudge her anything that makes her feel better or allows her to eat.

I'll add a "It Depends" button and an "Other - explain your position on Proposition AA." button...

As a beneficiary of MMJ I think taxes on medical weed should be no more than taxes on any other drug. As far as recreational, I wouldn't push that too far either... it is MUCH easier to produce privately than alcohol and when they push the taxes too high, it will encourage more black market growers (who can't find any other work in Obama's great economy).

I see it a more of a tax on tourists or the people who don't want to be bothered with growing their own or don't have a dealer.

1 Ballot Question: SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED BY $70,000,000 ANNUALLY

I asked this question before, which state tax is being reduced by $70M to make this revenue neutral?

LOL (silly question, gov't always wants more money)

Answer should be normal state sales tax rate same as everything else.