Hilariously Bad Legislation From Albany
This is the second installment in a regular series (here’s the first installment) highlighting ridiculous legislation supported by Democrats in Albany. The take-away message is that the Republicans better keep the Senate or this sort of nonsense will become law in our fine state.
This week, we’ll take a look at a piece of legislation proposed by Governor Steamroller himself: a new tax on ILLEGAL drugs. The tax would equal $3.50 per gram of pot and $200 per gram of controlled substances. The governor thinks that this would raise about $13 Million in the coming fiscal year.
And here comes the best part: According to a memo explaining the proposal, “The bill contains a unique and strict secrecy requirement, preserving the confidentiality of any information obtained from a dealer.”
WHAT?
Can we dispense with the serious analysis and simply commence with the jokes?
All I can say is that I don’t want to hear any more complaints from my liberal pals. You know, the ones that say “Just because I’m a democrat doesn’t mean I want to tax everything that moves and pass laws to protect criminals.”
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Great article Occam. I have to admit that, at first, I thought the link was going to bring me to a rumor/joke website. I couldn’t believe it when I found myself linked to the NYPost.
Here’s another neat little tidbit I found in the article.
“the bill specifically provides that none of the information may be used against the dealer in any criminal proceeding [other than a tax crime]…”
I think the far left liberals have just officially made the Governor their hero because they finally might get their wish…
NYS Governor Elliot Spitzer may have found a way to effectively legalize, illegal drugs.
Gov to drug dealers, “You can sell harmful drugs to men, women and children without getting into trouble, as long as you promise to pay your taxes.”
When 90+ percent of the population in New York opposes this, I wonder if he’ll call us all racists like he did with the illegal alien licensing issue?
What the hell? I guess I just don’t understand how we can tax something thats not suppose to exist and that thouands of cops spend time trying to get of the streets. Am I missing something here?
Lemon — you’re thinking rationally — don’t forget that we are talking about Democrats!