Recruiting forum off topic thread (no politics, covid, or hot button issues)

[Jackcrevol]

I heard @iliketurtles was really Tee Higgins.

Im not sure.

 

[volsofsteele]

Your right I did stir the pot
After 15 years I know what’s behind the curtains sometimes
Asking someone a simple question shouldn’t be an issue but posters like you are the problem, putting guys up on pedestals and then slamming coaches and players when the “insider” is wrong or never had any info to begin with…. Some insiders are great and dascoop may be great.

Glad you admitted your intention.

Your quote of 'posters like me are the problem' made me laugh. Check my stats . (Yeah I was here for that) So thanks for the chuckle, I needed it today actually.

Now, let's hopefully get Legend Bey and back to his discussion, not yours.

 

[Devo182]

Watch Now -- High Crimes: The Chinese Mafia’s Takeover of Rural America

The Chinese Mafia is building a black-market marijuana empire across rural America—buying homes, churches, and even schools. They’re lacing marijuana with poisonous pesticides, laundering money, stealing power, and flooding the market with unregulated, chemical-laced weed that could harm someone...

www.themainewire.com

Worth the watch. I can't imagine it isn't also happening at some scale in some rural Tennessee counties.

And yet plenty of backwards-looking folks want to keep things illegal and fuel profits for US crime rings, as well as foreign cartels.

Absurdity at its finest.

 

[jave36]

And yet plenty of backwards-looking folks want to keep things illegal and fuel profits for US crime rings, as well as foreign cartels.

Absurdity at its finest.

Legalizing it in half the country hasn't mitigated the black market problem. As long as taxes and regulations are part of something, there will always be a black market for it. Legalization isn't the issue. Unregulated, untaxed black market product is so much cheaper, so that's where a lot of people still get their drugs, whether in legal states or not.

 

[Devo182]

Legalizing it in half the country hasn't mitigated the black market problem. As long as taxes and regulations are part of something, there will always be a black market for it. Legalization isn't the issue. Unregulated, untaxed black market product is so much cheaper, so that's where a lot of people still get their drugs, whether in legal states or not.

Bingo. Absurd taxation. They aren't treating it equally.

Nobody (or very few) go to illegal distilleries because alcohol sales tax is the same as anything else (at least where I am).

Politicians see it as a cash grab and kill the entire premise.

I believe if they let it be, like alcohol, then people would not be incentivized to go to the black market. For all dr*gs. Regulation, as you point out, matters too. But you get clean, "safe" alcohol for a tad more and I think people would do the same for regulated weed, etc, especially if lacing or chemicals are a problem.

But no, let's just keep pouring $$$ into criminal gangs. As they flood the US with cartel members as well...

 

[jave36]

Bingo. Absurd taxation. They aren't treating it equally.

Nobody (or very few) go to illegal distilleries because alcohol sales tax is the same as anything else (at least where I am).

Politicians see it as a cash grab and kill the entire premise.

I believe if they let it be, like alcohol, then people would not be incentivized to go to the black market. For all dr*gs. Regulation, as you point out, matters too. But you get clean, "safe" alcohol for a tad more and I think people would do the same for regulated weed, etc, especially if lacing or chemicals are a problem.

But no, let's just keep pouring $$$ into criminal gangs. As they flood the US with cartel members as well...

They tax alcohol like crazy lol. Your ever looked at your receipt? It's one of the highest taxed goods (like tobacco) in the country.

And the weight of liquid is much much higher, smuggling black market alcohol wouldn't be feasible because it weighs too much. Super light weight drugs are worth the risk because you get many many more dollars per ounce. If powdered alcohol ever became a thing, it would absolutely be on the black market due to high taxes.

 

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[Glitch]

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[Jackcrevol]

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