Obscanity: You'll know it when you see it

YouTube – California Tax and Regulate ad from 2009.

Things that are more harmful and dangerous than marijuana but still manage to bring in healthy tax revenue: Porn. Alcohol. Pharmaceutical drugs. Gambling. Cigarettes. McDonald’s. Processed sugar. Shall I go on?

By the way, did you know that cannabis is California’s biggest cash crop? It’s a $14 billion dollar industry. Currently only about $200 million of it is subject to sales tax, because it is distributed by legal medical dispensaries.

The next largest commodity is milk/cream, whic brings in about half that amount.

Shouldn’t California be reaping a fair share of a fourteen BILLION dollar industry?

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