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Excelius t1_j468ovj wrote

Reply to comment by seattlesnow in Pennsylvania Senate passes bill to cut state gas tax by wildfireonvenus

Every little bit helps, and cannabis should be legalized for it's own merits regardless of the revenue potential.

That said the activists obsessed with this issue tend to vastly overstate the revenue potential.

Just as a comparison of size, over a decade PA diverted $4.2 billion from the infrastructure piggybank funded by the gas tax to the state police. As I recall, that amounted to about a quarter of the fund.

Since Colorado legalized cannabis in 2014, they've collected $2.4 billion in total.

I think people tend to forget that cannabis is kind of a niche recreational product, and inherently can't produce that much tax revenue in the grand scheme of things. It's almost like... the average person buys a lot more gas than weed.

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seattlesnow t1_j46cy8h wrote

Legacy States — pot is not going to pay the bills. Weed shouldn’t even be taxed. I should be able to buy a sac, a cart, and some dabs form Giant Eagle with my OJ.

We could tax millionaires but gawd forbid we shift the tax burden to the wealthy. Instead lets keep the boot on the necks of the working classes.

Seriously — people are bit overzealous thinking about revenue from pot taxes. Then go cite some rural state or state like Colorado that ain’t The Commonwealth.

Toll I-80.

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piperonyl t1_j46dxls wrote

Tolling the interstate is the opposite of taxing the wealthy. Its taxing the working class.

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seattlesnow t1_j46g59b wrote

The US is not serious about climate change.

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piperonyl t1_j46gblh wrote

No shit but wtf does that have to do with taxing the wealthy and a toll road

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