Re:Marijuana tax take nearly double expected in Colorado
by angersock on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @03:15PM
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I think also couching legalization in term of economics might be setting things up for failure and it might make better sense to say it's just philosophically the right thing to do(??)
Policies like this are almost always better-off as economic rather than moral proposals.
It's hard to get people to agree to what's right, whereas it is distressingly easy to get people to agree to what's profitable.
Re:Marijuana tax take nearly double expected in Colorado
by eru on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @08:04PM
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It's because profitability is a real world concept with factual right and wrong answers---that we might not know at any one time, but can be figured out in principle.
Policies like this are almost always better-off as economic rather than moral proposals.
It's hard to get people to agree to what's right, whereas it is distressingly easy to get people to agree to what's profitable.