Tennessee Rulz!!
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So wait, if you have something you arent supposed to have, you must report it to the government in order that they may impose a tax and then issue a stamp for said contraband item?
Makes perfect sense to me. In a f*cked up, backwoods kind of way. Isnt Ashley Blue from Tennesee?
Makes perfect sense to me. In a f*cked up, backwoods kind of way. Isnt Ashley Blue from Tennesee?
That's America for you.
Pass laws requiring taxes on prohibited substances. That way when the dealers go and buy the tax stamps, the police know who is holding. If you don't buy the stamp, then there is another charge they can convict you on.
It is an American Classic. They got Al Capone on tax evasion, you know.
Right. But having the stamp does not make the item legal.
That is how many drugs were made illegal in the first place. Require a tax stamp but never issue the stamp. Most states work(ed) like that.
What is the difference if you call it a "tax" or a "fine" ? You pay them both in US dollars.
hmmmm....
a fine is imposed as a penalty for doing something wrong.
a tax is imposed for any number of reasons, but it is not for doing something wrong. non payment of taxes may be a crime in itself.
I mean you can look at it however you want, but in reality you're just having to pay because you have an illegal drug. Call it a tax, a fine, a debt, a bill, a punishment...it's all semantics. You guys are getting pissed over the wording when the real issue is with whether it should even be an offense. Not that that argument will ever go anywhere, Im just saying it's sort of a pointless debate.
All you have to do is look back at prohibition to see that legalizing intoxicants only causes violent crime.
But I'm the next Al Capone, b*tch!!!
Don't you mean illegalizing intoxicants leads to violent crime?
Maybe you're not familiar with the Westy.