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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 01:35 PM Apr 2016

Los Angeles considers medical marijuana tax to help homeless

http://blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2016/03/29/los-angeles-considers-medical-marijuana-tax-to-help-homeless/

The city of Los Angeles could turn to pot to help the homeless population.

LA is currently considering a a tax on medical marijuana as well as a number of different sources to reduce the city’s homeless rate, Fortune reports.

City officials are looking into implementing a 15 percent tax rate on the cultivation and sale of medical marijuana to help pay for a $2 billion housing project that would provide residents with affordable housing and support services....

The tax hike may come with contention from medical cannabis patients, however. A majority of marijuana advocates argue that the tax could create economic hardships for some patients that might drive them to buy from the black market, Mashable reports.


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Los Angeles considers medical marijuana tax to help homeless (Original Post) KamaAina Apr 2016 OP
So again, let's tax the poor Politicalboi Apr 2016 #1
Taxing peoples' medicine??? I think not. Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 #2
legalize it and pay off all government debt with the sales tax. TeamPooka Apr 2016 #3
it will take about 6 months. nt TeamPooka Apr 2016 #4
 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
1. So again, let's tax the poor
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 01:39 PM
Apr 2016

Wait till it's legal so more people can pay the tax. Make that part of legalizing it. But this is still unfair to average Joe's as compared to making the rich pay their fair share. I'm glad to see MJ can make people lives better in more ways than one.

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