Pot and Politicians
Well, ain't this something. Seems like the conservatives smell dollars in pot legalization and have decided to try to milk that cow. Doesn't this seem sort of contradictory to their once anti-drug approach ?
"Correia's association(a lobbying group), for example, recently formed an alliance with Grover Norquist, the anti-tax activist who runs Americans for Tax Reform. In the fall, Norquist stood at a news conference with a longtime nemesis, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), one of the most liberal members of Congress, to promote a measure that would allow marijuana enterprises to deduct business expenses from their taxes.
"Grover's view is government should not pick winners and losers," Correia said. "It is a fairness issue. This resonates with him."
When dozens of owners of cannabis businesses fanned out across the Capitol this month for a day of lobbying, Correia advised them not to dwell on philosophical issues about the war on drugs, but to talk with lawmakers and their staffs about how the federal government was undermining growth of a legitimate industry."
Love that last part "legitimate industry"-Times they are a'changin'
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pot-lobby-20140323,0,3970994.story#axzz2wnLlXUof
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