Oakland pot farms approved

[Kali]

I've always wanted to be a farmer. A good ol' hard workin farmer. I think now is my chance.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/07/21/2010-07-21_oakland_approves_measures_allowing_large_mariju ana_farms_small_growers_upset.html

[iOWNme]

More Communist front organizations.

Legalizing Cannabis = TAX

If you think the Government can give you the 'right' to put something into your own body (private temple), as long as you pay a tax, YOU ARE A SLAVE.

Government can never tax a RIGHT.

[Dave Thomas]

Green shoots, Maaaaaaan.

[gunDriller]

worldwide, marijuana is a $50 to $75 billion a year industry.

because most of the industry is underground, and the part "above-ground" (legal & taxed, among other things) is growing, that legal part of the industry is economically significant - big, and getting bigger.

there are 4 parts of the economy that i can identify that are growing, or at least have job openings -
* so-called homeland security
* the legal part of the marijuana industry
* APMex
* the sustainable energy industry - e.g. Matt Simmons' Ocean Energy wind farm venture capital fund.

it is inevitable that larger corporations will begin to participate. either as a wealthy player that comes in and sets up a humongous farm from the get-go, or as smaller companies grow into bigger companies.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100721/ap_on_re_us/us_pot_city_cultivation_5

Calif. newspapers have been buzzing about this for the last few days. 8)

[cedarchopper]

worldwide, marijuana is a $50 to $75 billion a year industry.

because most of the industry is underground, and the part "above-ground" (legal & taxed, among other things) is growing, that legal part of the industry is economically significant - big, and getting bigger.

it is inevitable that larger corporations will begin to participate. either as a wealthy player that comes in and sets up a humongous farm from the get-go, or as smaller companies grow into bigger companies.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100721/ap_on_re_us/us_pot_city_cultivation_5

Calif. newspapers have been buzzing about this for the last few days. 8)


My guess is the strategy of big corporations will be to buyout the successful start-ups...like they have done in the organic/natural food industry. When you are close to the money supply, you can take-over anything and everything.

[joe_momma]

'splain to me why a local government can choose to ignore Federal laws (e.g., commerical marijuana, medical marijuana, medical income/sales taxes, as well as immigration [next door in SF]) is OK and ignored

BUT SOMEHOW

a local law that mirrors federal immigration law is challenged by DOJ?



Oh, wait, I forgot, liberal hypocrisy.

Never mind

[keehah]

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