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Press Release: Marijuana Dealers Offer Schwarzenegger One Billion Dollars
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 6, 2007
Contact: Clifford Schaffer, tel: 661-268-0442, e-mail: [email protected]
Marijuana Dealers Offer Schwarzenegger One Billion Dollars
August 6 -- A coalition of California marijuana growers and dealers has offered Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger one billion dollars to solve the current state budget crisis. The group, calling itself Let Us Pay Taxes makes the offer through its web site LetUsPayTaxes.com. The offer comes at a time when the California legislature is deadlocked on a new budget and California has stopped issuing checks for vitally needed social services. Legislators are currently arguing over which programs will be cut in order to balance the budget.
??It is ridiculous that California can??t pay its bills,? said spokesman Clifford Schaffer. ??It is a tragedy that they will cut badly needed services and programs such as medical care for the elderly and prison drug treatment when the money to fund all these programs and more is there and available. Everyone who is currently waiting for a check from the state should be enraged at this foolishness.?
Regulation and taxation of marijuana could produce six billion dollars in additional tax revenue, according to economic studies linked from their web site LetUsPayTaxes.com. In addition, it could save up to ten billion dollars in enforcement costs. ??That is a conservative estimate,? said Schaffer. ??By other estimates, the revenues could be five times that. The economists are with us all the way on this one. Marijuana prohibition is an economic disaster.?
??Let??s face reality,? Schaffer says. ??Marijuana legalization is inevitable. The situation is already beyond control in California. The state and local authorities have offered safe harbor for medical marijuana use and the Federal Government simply doesn??t have the resources for effective control.? More importantly, says Schaffer, the operators of the medical marijuana clubs are no longer afraid of the Federal Government. ??If you talk to them, you will find that they know they are going to win this battle. They know that the DEA is vastly outnumbered and can??t begin to prosecute all of them. The few that are prosecuted are accepting their fate as martyrs because they know that what they are doing is right. They are willing to sacrifice themselves to make the point that the Federal Government has just gone too far in interfering with very personal and private decisions. There is no way the DEA is going to win this battle. At this point, it is all over but the counting of the money ?? and the victims of the DEA.?
Schaffer went on to say that the national market for marijuana has been estimated from a low of ten billion dollars per year to more than fifty billion dollars per year. ??The first states to regulate and tax marijuana will receive an economic bonanza bigger than the original California Gold Rush,? says Schaffer. ??Some states will get rich like the Saudis.? Schaffer predicts that it will not take long for some local areas to wake up to the economic possibilities. ??We are talking potentially big bucks here,? he said. ??The Canadians are already starting to take note of a cannabis-fueled economic boom in some areas. Politicians can??t resist fresh cash, especially when it is coming to their local community. There will be big winners and losers here. The winners will be the ones who recognize the foregone conclusion first.?
The group also cites foreign terrorism as a reason to regulate and tax marijuana. ??Drug Czar John Walters is being dishonest when he says that marijuana money goes to criminals and terrorists. The only reason any of that money goes to criminals or terrorists is because of the prohibition that Walters supports,? said Schaffer. ??Marijuana prohibition makes criminals rich just like alcohol prohibition did. The criminals are now so rich and powerful that they can challenge the legitimate governments of their own countries. There is no reason to send billions of dollars per year to foreign criminal gangs when patriotic Americans make the best products in the world. There is no reason to suffer such a huge foreign trade deficit when that money could be providing jobs and funding badly needed services right here in the USA.?
Let Us Pay Taxes calls upon all US citizens to sign their petition at their web site LetUsPayTaxes.com - Let Us Pay Taxes! and press the issue with their lawmakers. ??Take the money, please,? said Schaffer. ??These people want to contribute. Now it is up to our politicians to tell us why they want to send those billions to foreign criminal gangs rather than to their own voters.?
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FUCKIN RIGHT... it is a matter of time... and money is what moves all legislature... california is definately the state to lead way.... and once the rest of the world see unbelieveable profit, you better believe they would follow suit... that being said fuck prohibition
W007!
he he he............ Well, now California has a decision to make. Keep the blood money and help out the state, or, refuse and let the state go to hell. Like the article says, it was unavoidable. They sell an illegal substance which carries a huge profit and now the activists have made enough money influence the law.Quote:
Originally Posted by HighTillIDie
yeah erm... i'll be happy when he accepts and money actually changes hands... until then for all iknow it's just a bunch of kids trying to stir shit up.
Thats a hell of an offer.I would love to see the governator have the balls to accept the offer.If any state could make this work it would be California,then maybe the flood gates would be opened.:rasta:
Why would dealers want to legalize it? That makes no sense to me.
Yeah the dealers make more money if it stays illegal, however, everyone will travel to Cali to smoke up knowing they wont get in trouble for it. So if you think about it there is a possibility that if its made legal only in Cali the money that they make from out of staters would more than make up for the lost profits. If this goes through I'm moving back to Long Beach.
I called them dealers because that was the title of the article, but I shouldn't have. I think it was just a biased reporter putting that title in the article. These are the same farmers that supply the medical shops.Quote:
Originally Posted by make it legal
thats pretty fucking cool i wanna get a bag of weed for this weekend hell yea
Im surprised that weed isnt legal in California or Arizona or those types of places. I mean hell, in Vegas you can do just about anything. Vegas is like the poor mans Amsterdam
Ironically, and most people don't know this, but prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas. But legal in the rest of Nevada.Quote:
Originally Posted by rebgirl420
http://www.youtube.com/v/JqtTaJzON0M
i bet he is going to say yes.
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Originally Posted by rebgirl420
Nevada, the state holding Vegas (of course), lost the vote to legalize marijuana by only 6% in 2004. The gap is closing, it's going to happen eventually!
Yeah but its not enforced. I know the only reason its legal was b/c of the old mining laws. But Look at how well it is done. The girls get std checks all the time and there safe. They have strict rules about things. Now I can bet that if pot became legal thats how it would be. There would be safe places to buy from and smoke. It would be wonderful.
If California legalized it and taxed it,it would be a hell of a growth industry because everyone would be heading there to try out the local cafe toke bars.It would be a monster sized Amsterdam without the huge airplane ticket.
i am letting you know right now, i would move to open up something in the new marijuana industry... you are damn right
u seriously think its gonna happen? i have my doubts the government in california still allows jobs like stores to drug test pretty much total discrimination against marijuana users and these jobs put nobody at risk. i mean i can see why say truckdrivers get tested thier driving around huge metal death machines that could kill people and they only give them piss tests. but raley's does hair follicle tests and the eployees pretty much just push items across the scanners and wait for it to go beep. my advice KEEP OVERGROWING THESE FUCKS
No, I highly doubt he'll accept. The reason I linked to the article is because of the position it puts California in.Quote:
Originally Posted by O. G. ganja smoker
arnold: john connor come with me if u want to get high
arnold:john connor it is time......to smoke the bong
ill be back.....i need a blunt and some mountain dew code red
the t 1000 is advanced it can disguise itself as a blunt or a WEED PLANT it is liquid thc
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Originally Posted by Mike23artist
ummmmmmmmmmmmm what?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike23artist
you are lyingQuote:
Originally Posted by cannabisis4for20
quotes taken from wikipedia
"Under Nevada state law, any county with a population of fewer than 400,000 is allowed to license brothels if it so chooses..............
Nevada has laws against engaging in prostitution outside of licensed brothels, against encouraging others to become prostitutes, and against living off the proceeds of a prostitute. Brothels are also not allowed to advertise their services in counties where brothel prostitution is illegal."
Prostitution in Nevada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I am not "lying" now I know you did your research but you're wrong. Prostitution is legal in the state of Nevada, but in Clark County, where the city of Las Vegas is, prostitution is illegal under county laws. Of course any one who has EVER been to Las Vegas will tell you that you can't walk down the strip with out seeing card/advertisements for "escorts". Those don't guarantee that you'll get sex from them. The law is barely enforced, but it's on the books.Quote:
Originally Posted by gravity420
Not to mention that in that Wikipedia article is directly says
"Accordingly, the state legislature has made prostitution illegal in both Clark and Washoe Counties and law enforcement agencies have tried to eliminate the once rampant street prostitution. Nevertheless, prostitutes continue to work in casinos, where they wait in bars and attempt to make contact with males."
If you don't believe me look at a map of Clark County and you'll see Las Vegas smack dab in the middle of it.
i guess u guys never seen the terminator series??:( my jokes were funny
I've already had enough of your sass.Quote:
Originally Posted by gravity420
Now, in light of your lack of manners, and the fact that YOU have not been exactly up front as to who you really are, you are finished.
good call stinky, i like that.
man do i wish cannabis was legal. thats the only argument i get these days as to why i shouldnt smoke pot. everything they say, i have an answer for, but once they say its illegal i get shut up.
Oh, maybe it was because I've never seen them before.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike23artist
It is illegal because of racism. It was a way to keep Mexicans, Afro-Americans and entertainers controlled- not that it did! Read the urls below and you'll have some "ammo" to argue with. It is highly politically incorrect to be racist. If the laws that were originally enacted, are based on racism, then today's laws are fruit from a tainted tree! How can a person who is racial unbiased (or claims to be) support antiquated laws that are based on racism and continue to be enforced in a racially biased way?
These same antiquated laws were bolstered by the fears of big business moguls (cotton, timber, newspaper) who feared the competition. The pharmaceutical companies took a big hit when cannabis became illegal. Many common medicines were made from cannabis- even Sears and Roebucks sold it! But eventually, the pharmaceutical companies found other "laboratory-based" medicines and are now so invested in them that they have now become one of the "moguls" who are defending prohibition.
Timber companies fear cannabis, pharmaceutical companies, oil companies, cotton growers, the prison industry, there's quite the list- and they all are threatened by cannabis! Why, cannabis threatens the very (warped) fabric of our society!- we might get foreign oil independent (so we wouldn't have to go out and fight for it!), have fewer side effects from drugs, fewer prisons would be needed (the US has the HIGHEST % of it's population in jail than anyone!), have longer lasting natural fiber clothes (grown with fewer pesticides), more forests, and happier, healthier, more relaxed people who may actually THINK! :smokin:
VERY DANGEROUS STUFF-CANNABIS! Might change the way we live!
(The DJ on my radio just made a reference about how he's hoping we're "having a nice time out there and smokin' stuff." LOL :thumbsup:) Granny
The marijuana laws were racist from the start.
Essay: History of Drug Prohibition
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Good thing I live in California :thumbsup:
Has this made any news over there?Quote:
Originally Posted by couch-potato
Thanks for the links granny, they are very interesting.
I heard this on the news last night, as I was going to bed. Has anything happened? Is he aware of the proposal and has he accepted or declined yet?
I haven't heard any more about it, not yet.
Please Arnie let this happen, don't be a hypocrite damnit.
the governor cant make it legal. right?
No, but he could start the ball rolling.
john connor u reprogrammed me to legalize weed here in this time
Oh I know this belive me I know. ...........I mean what what the fuk is a prostituetionQuote:
Originally Posted by cannabisis4for20