Some may not have heard that now California has four pending Propositions to the public with Jack Herer's (CHI) Cannibis Hemp Initiative link.
The other three groups have filed proposed initiatives with the California Secretary of State for ballot measures that would legalize and impose a tax on marijuana:
Joe Rogoway, Omar Figueroa and James J. Clark filed the language for 09-0022 on July 15, 2009. They refer to their measure as The Tax, Regulate, and Control Cannabis Act of 2010. (TRC)
Richard Sieb Lee and Jeffrey Wayne Jones filed the language for 09-0024 on July 27, 2009. They refer to their measure as the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010. (RCT)
John Donohue of "Californians for Common Sense" filed the language for 09-0025 on August 4, 2009. He refers to his measure as the Common Sense Act of 2010. (CCS)
And if that wasnt enough Hempen news from the Golden State, there is also the February Assembly Bill 390 and the associated public effort to get that idea through the legislative process during California's fiscal crisis.
Jack Herer and many others have been beating the drum for legalization for decades.
I always argued for libertarian decriminalization and associated taxation, and now that the state is hungry to (a) save money, and (b) generate revenues-- it does seem the day is indeed nigh for legalization.
Herer's bill creates a limit on total taxation at $10.00 per ounce.
From what I have gleaned no other of the three initiatives have created a cap on the potential taxation.
If there is not a counterpart Senate Bill (to AB 390), then the idea that the legislature can impact this popular movement is moot. If the congress can get past the current Schwarzen-annegans, and head the voter's off at the pass-- a reasonable decriminalization scheme can be implemented.
More likely with the estimated over half the nation, and over half the state of CA supporting decriminalization, some or all of these initiatives could (I) end up on the 2010 ballot, and (II) PASS!
At that point, it will take the legislatures active effort to reconcile the differing versions of legalization and the methodologies prescribed by the voters.
Assuming those two (I & II) possibilities-- it would be well for the CA Legislature to get out ahead of this issue once they agree to fix the water distribution scheme!
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Arnie's Brinksmanship
Okay, to paraphrase the bible, here is Arnold Schwarzenegger's political future in a nut shell:
You enter by riding someone out on a rail, then you may very well be ridden out on your own rail.
The Republicans in California seem intent on tying themselves to a sinking ship (and taking the state down with them), rather than admit mismanagement (or lack of leadership, foresight, or any other reasonable excuse for their stubbornness) and allow everyone to get onto the lifeboats (to extend the metaphor).
The near extremist ideologue mentality that somehow interprets the career of Reagan as some seminal message that government must not raise taxes at all costs is a myth. Reagan raised taxes as Governor and President (http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh060804.shtml), and that fellow who campaigned after Reagan who expanded the "No Tax" myth of the invisble government:
Ooops...
So much for theory...
In practice Bush Jr's endless effort to manipulate an economic reality to demonstrate the magic of trickle down vodounomics has had precipitous results which are now as plain as the nose on your face my Dear Governor!
The definition of mental illness is when you attempt to get different results from the same methods without accepting, adjusting, adapting or improving that technique in the face of data set information gathered from past failures and consequences.
In my book, Metaeconomics, I premiss that the events of the fall 2008 have in my experience granted our generation a tremendous opportunity (within the context of major crisis) that of having proven in a non-laboratory environment that no pure theory of economics works all the time, in all economic conditions, and laws are amended to fashion and enhance illusions of mass perception (thus creating an appearance of function) within the macro economy (which is harder to provide contextual illusion to microeconomies for reasons not worth going into right here).
Governor, please stop this game of chicken, which is already set to effect thousands of children and millions of people adversely.
If the Republicans in congress are able to create a compromise that you then Veto, I would imagine the other aspect of our democracy could come into effect, much like it did for Gov. Davis, IMPEACHMENT!
You have a moral responsibility to end your governorship in a responsible manner, even if your political career my be over.
You enter by riding someone out on a rail, then you may very well be ridden out on your own rail.
The Republicans in California seem intent on tying themselves to a sinking ship (and taking the state down with them), rather than admit mismanagement (or lack of leadership, foresight, or any other reasonable excuse for their stubbornness) and allow everyone to get onto the lifeboats (to extend the metaphor).
The near extremist ideologue mentality that somehow interprets the career of Reagan as some seminal message that government must not raise taxes at all costs is a myth. Reagan raised taxes as Governor and President (http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh060804.shtml), and that fellow who campaigned after Reagan who expanded the "No Tax" myth of the invisble government:
Ooops...
So much for theory...
In practice Bush Jr's endless effort to manipulate an economic reality to demonstrate the magic of trickle down vodounomics has had precipitous results which are now as plain as the nose on your face my Dear Governor!
The definition of mental illness is when you attempt to get different results from the same methods without accepting, adjusting, adapting or improving that technique in the face of data set information gathered from past failures and consequences.
In my book, Metaeconomics, I premiss that the events of the fall 2008 have in my experience granted our generation a tremendous opportunity (within the context of major crisis) that of having proven in a non-laboratory environment that no pure theory of economics works all the time, in all economic conditions, and laws are amended to fashion and enhance illusions of mass perception (thus creating an appearance of function) within the macro economy (which is harder to provide contextual illusion to microeconomies for reasons not worth going into right here).
Governor, please stop this game of chicken, which is already set to effect thousands of children and millions of people adversely.
If the Republicans in congress are able to create a compromise that you then Veto, I would imagine the other aspect of our democracy could come into effect, much like it did for Gov. Davis, IMPEACHMENT!
You have a moral responsibility to end your governorship in a responsible manner, even if your political career my be over.
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