by Targenmantarian » Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:44 pm
TommyNoto wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 6:28 am
Targenmantarian wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 6:09 am
Unfortunately NJ NYC and CA are ahead of the curve. In more conservative and rural states they still hammer weed. Which looks ridiculous but they don't care. People still catch huge weed cases and the prosecutors still pile on. If you are in a liberal jurisdiction then it's no risk. If you aren't then it's 1985 style penalties.
I agree . Let’s see where they stand in 10 years when they realize their state can’t deliver on their pension promises and have to find new revenue streams. By then it will be too late but that’s on them and their residents will feel the pain over their stupidity.
I give NJ a lot of credit in allocating some gambling ( lottery ) revenue today to fund their state pensions. Outside of pension cuts , vice taxes will have to be part of the discussion if a pensioner wants a bigger check.
Problem isn't just state though.
As long as it's federally illegal the us atty can just reach down and pluck whomever they choose to into federal prison.
In NYC that would be silly. But check the other 90 so federal districts around America and see what they are doing. It would shock you.
An Italian kid in Connecticut, hardly a bastion of right wing sentiment just got 8 fucking years in the feds for less weed than those busts. (400lbs) vs (737). And go further south or Midwest and it gets way worse.
The sessions memo set that movement back ten years.
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Unfortunately NJ NYC and CA are ahead of the curve. In more conservative and rural states they still hammer weed. Which looks ridiculous but they don't care. People still catch huge weed cases and the prosecutors still pile on. If you are in a liberal jurisdiction then it's no risk. If you aren't then it's 1985 style penalties.
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I agree . Let’s see where they stand in 10 years when they realize their state can’t deliver on their pension promises and have to find new revenue streams. By then it will be too late but that’s on them and their residents will feel the pain over their stupidity.
I give NJ a lot of credit in allocating some gambling ( lottery ) revenue today to fund their state pensions. Outside of pension cuts , vice taxes will have to be part of the discussion if a pensioner wants a bigger check.
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Problem isn't just state though.
As long as it's federally illegal the us atty can just reach down and pluck whomever they choose to into federal prison.
In NYC that would be silly. But check the other 90 so federal districts around America and see what they are doing. It would shock you.
An Italian kid in Connecticut, hardly a bastion of right wing sentiment just got 8 fucking years in the feds for less weed than those busts. (400lbs) vs (737). And go further south or Midwest and it gets way worse.
The sessions memo set that movement back ten years.