British Columbia’s cannabis market could generate more than $2.5 billion in tax revenue over next five years. New study challenges argument that BC’s cannabis market cannot be taxed.
Almost 51 percent of B.C. voters participated in the HST referendum, and 54.73 percent of you voted to oust the HST. Those who were in favour of the divisive tax are bitching mightily about the fact that it's going to cost B.C. taxpayers $2.5 to 3 billion to reinstate the PST.
…and the age-old contest between cooperation and competition – or why this pothead is a libertarian socialist instead of just a socialist-hating libertarian or a libertarian-hating socialist.
Cash-strapped California would get some relief by legalizing pot, but the biggest boost would be thanks to massive law enforcement cuts, not new tax revenue, experts say.
Pot brings in more than grapes in California, more than tobacco in the Carolinas, and more than cotton in Alabama. Nationally, it earns more than wheat and corn combined.