Posts Tagged budget deficit
Medical Marijuana Helping Budget Deficit, Colorado Gov. Says
Posted by admin in Political News on August 24, 2010
Gov. Bill Ritter is using $9 million from medical marijuana registrations to help the state meet a $60 million fiscal emergency. The state anticipates ending the year with 150,000 applicants for medical marijuana cards, up from 41,000 in 2009.www.huffi…
Legalizing Marijuana to Balance the Budget Deficit
Posted by admin in Political News on June 19, 2010
The first bipartisan movement under Obama is now trying to legalize and tax marijuana to balance the budget deficit. Great to see both sides trying to fix the economy together. watchingamerica.com
Bogarting the prohibition: Time to Legalize Marijuana
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on May 13, 2010
California is facing a $20 Billion budget deficit. Legalizing, regulating and taxing marijuana will produce an expected $2 Billion per year. In November Californians can vote to make that happen. Is it time to bring marijuana out of the world of dark alley transactions and into the world of Starbucks?
California Closer To Legalizing Pot
Posted by admin in Arts & Culture on August 12, 2009
Facing a historic budget deficit with no real plan to fix it, Californians begin a serious effort to legalize marijuana.
Marijuana: The Myths, the Mayhem and the Market Value
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on August 7, 2009
Our budget deficit is not getting any smaller – legalizing marijuana could create a new source of revenue to catapult our country to economic recovery.
Should We Legalize Marijuana to Close the Budget Deficit?
Posted by admin in Business & Finance on July 29, 2009
A TV ad is airing in California that pushes for legalizing and taxing marijuana to help close the $26.3 billion budget deficit. Tom Ammiano’s proposed bill would allow California to regulate and tax the sale of marijuana. If the state taxed $50-per-oz. of pot, it would gain an estimated $1.3 billion in revenues per year.
Oakland, California, Passes Landmark Marijuana Tax
Posted by admin in Political News on July 22, 2009
Unless you reside under a mossy rock, everyone in the U.S. knows that Cali is facing a massive budget deficit that affects each city in the state. The city of Oakland is doing their part to alleviate some of that financial burden by taking the legislative first steps to impose a tax on marijuana.
Will California legalize pot to help with budget deficit?
Posted by admin in Political News on July 16, 2009
When Obama got asked whether the US should consider legalizing marijuana in order to help the economy recently, a number of us laughed. But with California issuing IOUs to debtors, it’s not so funny anymore. The California tax board, analyzing proposed legislation to legalize pot in that state, says the state could make $1.4 bn a year off pot sales
Pro-marijuana ad pushes pot a Calif. budget fix
Posted by admin in Political News on July 11, 2009
A pro-marijuana group was set Wednesday to launch another television bid to legalize pot in California — this time with the pitch that legalizing and taxing the drug could help solve the state’s massive budget deficit.
Pro-marijuana ad pushes pot as Calif. budget fix
Posted by admin in World News on July 8, 2009
A pro-marijuana group is launching another television bid to legalize pot in California — this time with the pitch that legalizing and taxing the drug could help solve the state’s massive budget deficit.
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