If people held out for all or nothing, there would be no legal dispensaries now. Maybe one day marijuana would have been legalized without taxes, maybe not. If the taxes are outrageous, there will still be a black market.

Although the shadow secretary does not come out and say it, perhaps he is advocating that all medicines not be taxed. Nor should religious sacraments be taxed as alluded to @4.

There are legitimate and compelling arguments that can be made to remove taxes now that there is legal use. Why not promote the next step rather than lament the first step?

I want to GIVE away the money. Look, it is our money, we fought long and hard to win the war and I don’t want it going to buy bullets and bombs. So, we give the money direct to the people who need it–health care, education and elder care, locally, for max impact on politics.

Taxation is loathsome, there is a better way, and we control the cash flow. By focusing on the areas of most concern, we create a new anti-tax paradigm. I think that sharing our wealth like we share a joint is the way to roll the bastards over. We have more disposable cash than Standard fucking Oil, Buy our way to freedom. Buy freedom by giving people what the government is failing on–the holy trinity of social welfare, elder care, education health care.

We can up half of the gross revenue-50%- if we do it freely- and still make obscene money. Half of the production and distribution cost are to deal with risk. If we give away nationally half the gross, that is say, $50 to $60 billion annually, we control the biggest political slush fund in history. It is done as long-term Social Science research to find the true value of cannabis in our society. This is my blend of spirituality, economics, idealism, self-insurance, pragmatism and fantasy all rolled into one. If we maintain control by giving it away , we will win the war.

I have details in any area of concern. As an end note—my religious freedom case has been accepted by the Netherlands Supreme Court for review. I have an excellent attorney and the question is simple, Since there is no threat to the health and public order around my use, production and distribution of cannabis in a PERSONAL spiritual context, why can’t I do it?

Let’s see if this concept is salable

I will heartily second that Mr. Kubby…

“In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit.”

And…

“There can be no compromise between a property owner and a burglar; offering the burglar a single teaspoon of one’s silverware would not be a compromise, but a total surrender—the recognition of his right to one’s property.”