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Thread started 04/30/09 8:29am

bboy87

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Oakland orgers, there's a weed tax coming!

http://online.wsj.com/art...71233.html

Oakland Council Backs a Tax on Marijuana

By STU WOO

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Leaders of this economically hard-hit city are proposing to tax medical marijuana as a way to help close a record budget shortfall.

Oakland's City Council last week approved a 1.8% tax on medicinal marijuana sold in the city. If voters pass the proposal in a July election, Oakland would become the nation's first city to directly tax the drug, medical-marijuana advocates say.

Such an outcome would further legitimize medical marijuana in California and represent the latest victory for advocates. Prospects for such a tax were made brighter in February, when U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the federal government would no longer raid state-approved dispensaries.

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Reply #1 posted 04/30/09 8:39am

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bboy87 said:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124105239168771233.html

Oakland Council Backs a Tax on Marijuana

By STU WOO

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Leaders of this economically hard-hit city are proposing to tax medical marijuana as a way to help close a record budget shortfall.

Oakland's City Council last week approved a 1.8% tax on medicinal marijuana sold in the city. If voters pass the proposal in a July election, Oakland would become the nation's first city to directly tax the drug, medical-marijuana advocates say.

Such an outcome would further legitimize medical marijuana in California and represent the latest victory for advocates. Prospects for such a tax were made brighter in February, when U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the federal government would no longer raid state-approved dispensaries.

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....So I can just stay in my hometown of Hayward and not pay taxes on it..... lol

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Reply #2 posted 04/30/09 8:44am

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Only 1.8%??? I'm shocked!!! Will we get to decide where the money goes?? As in not our useless Mayors salary but into programs to reduce crime or city wide "shot-tracker" systems or our schools??? If so then fine by me...

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Reply #3 posted 04/30/09 8:45am

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RenHoek said:

My dimebag helped buy new school books! lol