<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Very good point, g! And tax-free, too.</div><div><br></div><div>Suppose Native Americans in Washington can, eventually, grow and sell recreational marijuana legally.</div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps, then, the Nez Perce, Coeur d'Alene, Kalispel, and Shoshone-Bannock of Idaho will campaign for legalized cannabis.</div><div><br></div><div>The possibilities are staggering (pun intended).</div><div><br><div>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Nov 7, 2013, at 3:51 PM, Gary Crabtree <<a href="mailto:moscowlocksmith@gmail.com">moscowlocksmith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>A better question would be what happens when the tribes jump into the</span><br><span>act. If they can come up with a model whereby they grow, distribute</span><br><span>and sell without leaving the reservation, tribal enterprises will</span><br><span>become very attractive to many in Washington, the revenuers excepted.</span><br><span></span><br><span>g</span><br><span></span><br><span>On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>And when competition heats up among legal recreational marijuana retail</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>outlets, Mr. Falen . . .</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>What happens to the price then?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tom Hansen</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Moscow, Idaho</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>But first you must learn how to smile as you kill</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>- John Lennon</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Nov 7, 2013, at 1:23 PM, lfalen <<a href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I think that they are getting too greedy here. With a tax this high it will</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>probably still be cheaper to use the black market. Due to the high tax on</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>cigarettes, there is a thriving back market on cigarettes. Since the black</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>market on marijuana is already established it will probably continue.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Roger</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>-----Original Message-----</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: "Tom Hansen" <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Date: 11/07/13 08:21</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: [Vision2020] Marijuana tax potential attracts new allies</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>As Idaho prepares for budget cuts . . .</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Courtesy of today's (November 7, 2013) Spokesman-Review.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>---------------------------------</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Marijuana tax potential attracts new allies</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>DENVER - Colorado's hearty embrace of a 25 percent marijuana tax this week</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>could prove a turning point for legalization backers. They have long argued</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>that weed should come out of the black market and contribute to tax coffers</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>instead of prison populations.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>But it's far too soon to say how much revenue the marijuana taxes in</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Colorado and Washington will actually produce when retail sales begin next</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>year.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>A tax windfall in the two states could win over skeptical states that may be</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>interested in pot legalization but wonder about costs of regulation. On the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>other hand, if many pot smokers in Colorado and Washington stay in the black</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>market to avoid taxes, supporters could lose a major plank of their</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>longstanding argument that legalization will take money from criminal</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>cartels and benefit government programs.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"It's a crucial question," said Sam Kamin, a University of Denver law</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>professor who served on a panel that helped write Colorado's marijuana</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>regulations. "There's this premise that marijuana legalization can be a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>net-net win, spending less money putting people in prison and seeing a tax</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>benefit from the sale of marijuana. Voters are going to expect to see both."</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Colorado's vote Tuesday showed it wants the benefits, even in a tax-adverse</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>state that typically rejects proposed taxes. The pot tax question - on an</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>excise and special sales tax that could add more than 25 percent to the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>sales price of weed - passed by nearly 2-to-1.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>That margin was much broader than Colorado's legalization vote itself in</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>2012. Many who opposed legalization then supported the taxes this time</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>around. Last year's legalization measure also called for tax revenues for</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the state.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Washington state has already settled its pot taxation scheme, charging 25</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>percent at three possible transfer points from production to retail sale,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>plus sales taxes.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>It's impossible to say precisely how much revenue the pot taxes will</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>produce. A projection prepared for Colorado voters predicted pot taxes would</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>bring in almost $70 million a year. Of that, $27.5 million would go to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>school construction, as specified in last year's ballot measure that</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>legalized the drug.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The rest of the money would go toward paying for the regulation of pot</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>shops. Several Colorado municipalities approved additional pot taxes</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tuesday, ranging from 3.5 percent in Pueblo County to up to 10 percent in</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the city of Boulder.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Both Colorado and Washington are taxing pot based on the sales price, unlike</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>alcohol and tobacco, which are taxed by the gallon or by the pack. The price</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>of marijuana varies widely based on potency and quality and is likely to go</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>down once recreational sales are legal.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Based on crowdsourced estimates of what black-market pot smokers pay,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Colorado's state tax rate would add about $50 to a $200 ounce of loose</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>marijuana, roughly the amount that would fit in a sandwich-sized plastic</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>bag. Local taxes could bring the total consumer tax burden near 30 percent,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>or a total price of $260 an ounce.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Denver approved a 3.5 percent tax Tuesday that could generate $4.5 million a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>year. The Denver Post has predicted state and city taxes will add $8.59 to a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>$30 eighth of an ounce of pot.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>---------------------------------</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><image.jpeg></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tom Hansen</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Moscow, Idaho</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>But first you must learn how to smile as you kill</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>- John Lennon</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>=======================================================</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>List services made available by First Step Internet,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>=======================================================</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>=======================================================</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> List services made available by First Step Internet,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>=======================================================</span><br></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></body></html>