Quote Originally Posted by cologrower420
Releaf posted stats that there are only a tiny number of MMC's (a dozen maybe) who applied for the 300+patient licenses. That tells me that there aren't very many large scale operations, the same ones you blame for 1284/109. I don't believe that a dozen MMC's had that kind of power over elected officials. It's easier for me to explain the 5patient cap on the tax thing. It's a lot harder for caregivers to have large grows and keep 'screwing the goverment' by not paying taxes.
Ok so lets say a MMC only has 150 patients and they only run 3 plants per patient instead of 6. Thats 450 plants! You dont think that's large?
You don't think its possible that some big money MMC's had the kind of power over elected officials. Why? Because it happens in every other big money business? Look at "big pharm" they lobby tons of money to get their way. Look at the oil industry. Get real.
By your logic they are trying to put caregivers out of business for no reason. Does that make any sense? To me it makes ALOT more sense that they got paid to put caregivers out of business, or they are going to get paid because they have intrests in MMC's. Business as usual makes alot more sense if you think about it.

Quote Originally Posted by cologrower420
I am not interested in discussing what this legislation should have been or what it could have been or how this industry SHOULD have been reformed. I didn't see large scale private caregivers do much of anything to lobby against the 5 patient cap. I also haven't seen any information on a few key large scale large funded MMC's that lobbied and caused this legislation to be added. I'm happy to change my opinion, I just don't agree with you.
Then why do you keep taking little shots at caregivers and provoking this discussion??
I dont believe there were to many caregivers over 98 plants because that is a HUGE risk.

Quote Originally Posted by cologrower420
Do you have any non-anecdotal evidence on who is responsible for the language that limits caregivers to 5 patients? As far as I have seen, mattcook has explained that away as a 'public policy decision' and won't say more than that. I am not sure who put those words in the legislation, can we find that out? Can we find out what that person's agenda was?
You don't see a problem with him not wanting to share this information? Why can't he just tell us.. "Oh, we're trying to put caregivers out of business because we don't want their tax money." That's using your logic anyways.