MXS Twitter

I've heard conversation coming out of animal pens that is more intelligent than what is going on in here.
Phathry25
Posts: 7481
Joined: Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:09 am
Team: No Frills Racing
Location: WI
Contact:

Re: MXS Twitter

Post by Phathry25 »

I'll take that as a compliment, and turn it back on you....

If I am normally so reasonable, why would I suddenly become un-reasonable about something. Maybe it's not me... :twisted:

No I'm actually not reasonable at all, and if I believed in it, should be on welfare for mental illness.

I learned today that in the past 10 years I've spent working I would have been better off just sitting at home collecting welfare. That is correct, from the time I got my first job in 2002 until now I have made less than $20,000/year which is what the average person on welfare collects each year. I also learned that thanks to bureaucracy it costs $60,000 to actually deliver that $20,000 to said welfare recipient.

Another weird thing I recently learned is that President Obama thinks his time spent as President has been a success because more people are on welfare now than when he took office. Go ahead, just let that sink in for a second.

I think a lot of liberals confuse the word reform, and cut, and that's what scares them most about Romney. That said, here is what one Massachusetts (spelled that w/o spell check first try! 8))resident had to say about Romney.
Romney fan wrote:I don't know how anyone in Massachusetts could have hated what he did while Governor (speaking as a resident of said state). The state was getting run into the ground and he came in and ran it on budget. Oh, and I get free tuition (albeit that's a smallish portion of my college costs; roughly 20%, though I get the rest paid for by another scholarship anyway) waived by the state because of a scholarship he created. That saves me like $2000 a year. No democrat governor has done anything good for me in this state. The school system I went to actually got enough money from the state when he was governor to run and we got a new school. Now, we don't even have enough money to get new books/supplies/computers, etc.
And now onto Tropical storm sandy to put our national debt into perspective. The highest figure I've seen of damage totals so far is 20 billion. When you compare that to our 15 trillion national dept 20 billion is 0.0013333333333% of our national debt. Obama doesn't want to stop Government spending, he wants to tax more and keep spending. The rich people he wants to tax have no problems moving their money off-shore, or just moving to another country and becoming citizens. Contrary to what Obama's adds say Romney wants to get America back on track by reducing spending, and not by taxing more.
Phathry25
Posts: 7481
Joined: Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:09 am
Team: No Frills Racing
Location: WI
Contact:

Re: MXS Twitter

Post by Phathry25 »

Postma/KTM. Do you think drug dealers are going to report their numbers to the government so that they can then be taxed on their earnings? Or the Mexican cartel? Or any supplier of drugs for that matter. We'll waste just as much, if not more time/money trying to track down the people not paying taxes on the drugs as we would chasing down the people selling them right now.

There is already and illegal underground network setup for their sale and distribution, it is laughable to think that would all come above ground if the drugs were legalized.
Postma
Posts: 108
Joined: Tue May 25, 2010 9:07 pm
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Contact:

Re: MXS Twitter

Post by Postma »

Phathry25 wrote:Postma/KTM. Do you think drug dealers are going to report their numbers to the government so that they can then be taxed on their earnings? Or the Mexican cartel? Or any supplier of drugs for that matter. We'll waste just as much, if not more time/money trying to track down the people not paying taxes on the drugs as we would chasing down the people selling them right now.

There is already and illegal underground network setup for their sale and distribution, it is laughable to think that would all come above ground if the drugs were legalized.
I think the number of "drug dealers" will diminish immensely. Many dealers will turn into dispensary's and into legitimate businesses. Look at all of the dispensary's in Cali and Colorado that are making all kinds of money running legitimate businesses. Granted, there will always be dealers and the black market. There is no possible way to eliminate that part of the equation.

Personally, if I was going to buy drugs, I would want to go to a place that monitors how that drug is made. Dispensary's do just that. If the product isn't up to specifications, they won't sell it. Whereas if I where to buy from a drug dealer, I have no faith that I am buying a quality product from them, until I build up some trust with them. The thing is, I cannot trust a drug dealer, because they are just that, a drug dealer. Their bottom line is $$, not your well-being. Example, their marijuana could have mold, spider mites, or who knows what I could be ingesting into my body. They could also be lacing it with fillers, to make it seem like I am getting a larger quantity than I actually am. All that matters to them is making that profit.

Again, this is just a theory. I could only hope it would work, but I probably have to much faith in mankind. I just don't like the government telling me what I can and cannot do.
Andrew Postma
KTM57
Posts: 13863
Joined: Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:42 am
Location: TX
Contact:

Re: MXS Twitter

Post by KTM57 »

Nancy Botwin would do it legally if she could.
This is a block of text that can be added to posts you make. There is a 255 character limit.
Phathry25
Posts: 7481
Joined: Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:09 am
Team: No Frills Racing
Location: WI
Contact:

Re: MXS Twitter

Post by Phathry25 »

It's all about money. To run a dispensary I'm going to assume there is a fair amount of overhead. Drug dealers don't have any of that, they have a minimal amount of capitol tied up in their product and that's that. They would be able to undercut the dispensaries by at least 50%-75%. It just doesn't make business sense.
TeamHavocRacing
Posts: 8401
Joined: Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:52 am
Team: Havoc Racing
Contact:

Re: MXS Twitter

Post by TeamHavocRacing »

The same underground users will still use underground when it's legalized. So many more people smoke/eat pot than many realize, it should go right along with alcohol in the same stores, taxed and regulated along with it. Getting the fear and ingorance outta the way is the real battle. Hemp is absolutely useless for smoking, but, was a booming industry once upon a time, yet the sight of that leaf just sends shivers up the spine of those uptight conservative fear mongers that would otherwise profit from something that would give them a headache if they smoked a pound of it. Same goes for breaking the habits of oil and coal addicted barons that could profit from emerging energy tech. Too blind to see the forest for the trees. hehe. Legalize it mon!
jlv wrote:If it weren't for Havoc I'd have been arguing with the 12 year olds by myself.
Pumaxcs
Posts: 13226
Joined: Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:50 pm
Team: Kyle/Luiz
Location: Western, Kentucky

Re: MXS Twitter

Post by Pumaxcs »



/conversation
Image
Everytime you post something stupid, a baby gets punched in the face. Please be smart, for the children.
MXS Cares
jlv wrote: Thu Nov 05, 2020 1:09 am Pumaxcs would know better than I do.
Ballsfalsky
Posts: 2981
Joined: Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:35 am
Team: Tim Hortons

Re: MXS Twitter

Post by Ballsfalsky »

TeamHavocRacing wrote:The same underground users will still use underground when it's legalized. So many more people smoke/eat pot than many realize, it should go right along with alcohol in the same stores, taxed and regulated along with it. Getting the fear and ingorance outta the way is the real battle. Hemp is absolutely useless for smoking, but, was a booming industry once upon a time, yet the sight of that leaf just sends shivers up the spine of those uptight conservative fear mongers that would otherwise profit from something that would give them a headache if they smoked a pound of it. Same goes for breaking the habits of oil and coal addicted barons that could profit from emerging energy tech. Too blind to see the forest for the trees. hehe. Legalize it mon!
+1 Amen to that.

There's a reason over 50% of Canada smokes pot...
DJ99X
Posts: 15524
Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:36 am
Location: Land Down Under

Re: MXS Twitter

Post by DJ99X »

Well that's an exaggerated figure
kwic73
Posts: 702
Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:55 pm

Re: MXS Twitter

Post by kwic73 »

Somewhat exaggerated, over 50% of Canadians have admited to trying pot at least once.
Ballsfalsky
Posts: 2981
Joined: Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:35 am
Team: Tim Hortons

Re: MXS Twitter

Post by Ballsfalsky »

kwic73 wrote:Somewhat exaggerated, over 50% of Canadians have admited to trying pot at least once.
I wasn't entirely positive I was completely correct. This is the correct figure. Thanks Kyle.
DJ99X
Posts: 15524
Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:36 am
Location: Land Down Under

Re: MXS Twitter

Post by DJ99X »

Btw phathry, its 0.133333%. You forgot to multiply by 100
KTM57
Posts: 13863
Joined: Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:42 am
Location: TX
Contact:

Re: MXS Twitter

Post by KTM57 »

Image
This is a block of text that can be added to posts you make. There is a 255 character limit.
Ballsfalsky
Posts: 2981
Joined: Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:35 am
Team: Tim Hortons

Re: MXS Twitter

Post by Ballsfalsky »

TERRY AND DEANER!!!! FUCKIN FUBAR!
Phathry25
Posts: 7481
Joined: Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:09 am
Team: No Frills Racing
Location: WI
Contact:

Re: MXS Twitter

Post by Phathry25 »

DJ99X wrote:Btw phathry, its 0.133333%. You forgot to multiply by 100
Thanks, it's a good thing I don't have to do any hard math at work. :) :oops:
Post Reply