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[mrplunkey]

Legalizing pot and taxing it would bring in a shit ton of revenue though

Then you do the math. How much revenue would legalizing and taxing pot bring into the US every year?

Give us a rational guess.

 

[miplank]

are you asking how much in USD?

 

[TableFun]

not nearly enough.

 

[mrplunkey]

are you asking how much in USD?

Yup.

Alcohol taxes bring in around $6.5B per year all-in (at all levels).

The US government expenditures for 2014 is around $3.77 trillion.

That's 0.17% of our revenue needs. Now let's assume pot is 10x better, which is wildly optimistic.

Congratulations -- You're at 1.7% of our total expenditures.

 

[TableFun]

how much would that be in bags of doritos?

 

[miplank]

Yup.

Alcohol taxes bring in around $6.5B per year all-in (at all levels).

The US government expenditures for 2014 is around $3.77 trillion.

That's 0.17% of our revenue needs. Now let's assume pot is 10x better, which is wildly optimistic.

Congratulations -- You're at 1.7% of our total expenditures.

How much money will the taxation of legal weed be in the US in $$$?


im gonna go with "all of it"




final answer!

 

[-SD-]

1/2 cup of what cup size?

 

[mrplunkey]

How much money will the taxation of legal weed be in the US in $$$?


im gonna go with "all of it"




final answer!

It would have to be zillions. Just imagine if we taxed it 10% and 100,000,000 Americans smoked a mere $100,000 per year of pot. That would be 1,000,000,000,000 per year! That would pay for all of Medicare and Medicaid!!!

Doooooo it!

 

[miplank]

it's taxed 25%

 

[TableFun]

It still wouldn't make a dent