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There was a guy who got caught selling a lot of marijuana and didn't get in much trouble because he was paying taxes on it since day 1.

icco 16y ago
That sounds hilarious, source?
- earl 16y ago
  I don't know about the not getting prosecuted bit, but drug taxes are real -- see eg http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1578857,00.html http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1578857,00.ht... http://marijuanastamps.com/state-stamps.htm http://marijuanastamps.com/state-stamps.htm Mostly, it's another way for pigs to steal from people. The idea being they can not only throw you in prison for dealing, but then use tax forfeiture laws to take everything you own.
  - chopsueyar 16y ago
    You can buy the collectible stamps on Ebay, too.
  - icco 16y ago
    I was just looking at a similar article, I totally didn't know that, but I find it very interesting none-the-less.
  - poet 16y ago
    Arguing with facts, good. Using terminology for the police that an angsty teenager would use, bad. Moreover, the target of your animosity is misguided. Baring obvious ethical problems, I expect our law enforcement to enforce a law to the fullest extent. And as determined by the nation as a whole, Marijuana laws are not an obvious ethical problem. It's not a police officers prerogative to ignore the law, even when it will probably change in the next decade or two.
  - Locke1689 16y ago
    Just to let you know, the way you worded your entire last paragraph reversed the tone of your post for me. What was informative before became ignorant and vacuous. Is it too much to ask that we keep away from the obvious logical fallacies on HN?
- meric 16y ago
  Read how a drug dealer got a tax deduction on his drug profits: http://books.google.com/books?id=IwwcB8Z-dYgC&pg=PA564&lpg=PA564&dq=australia+drug+tax+deduction&source=bl&ots=hNdgPhmQg9&sig=oHETq9p_KPVCWsGfcAxjy_14utw&hl=en&ei=gaPgTJ6aDoSEvgPJusXiDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=IwwcB8Z-dYgC&pg=PA564&#...
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M1573RMU74710N 16y ago
That sounds like complete BS to me, unless you're talking about some time ago when marijuana and tax law were actually intertwined. The best you could hope for is some sympathy from the judge and/or not also getting slapped with tax evasion. Source?
jlujan 16y ago
Same goes to illegal immigrants. You do not need proof of citizenship to acquire a Tax ID or file a return. Those that are picked up and tried for illegal immigration are much more likely to not be deported/jailed if they have all of their taxes in order.

icco 16y ago

That sounds hilarious, source?

earl 16y ago
I don't know about the not getting prosecuted bit, but drug taxes are real -- see eg http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1578857,00.html http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1578857,00.ht... http://marijuanastamps.com/state-stamps.htm http://marijuanastamps.com/state-stamps.htm Mostly, it's another way for pigs to steal from people. The idea being they can not only throw you in prison for dealing, but then use tax forfeiture laws to take everything you own.
- chopsueyar 16y ago
  You can buy the collectible stamps on Ebay, too.
- icco 16y ago
  I was just looking at a similar article, I totally didn't know that, but I find it very interesting none-the-less.
- poet 16y ago
  Arguing with facts, good. Using terminology for the police that an angsty teenager would use, bad. Moreover, the target of your animosity is misguided. Baring obvious ethical problems, I expect our law enforcement to enforce a law to the fullest extent. And as determined by the nation as a whole, Marijuana laws are not an obvious ethical problem. It's not a police officers prerogative to ignore the law, even when it will probably change in the next decade or two.
- Locke1689 16y ago
  Just to let you know, the way you worded your entire last paragraph reversed the tone of your post for me. What was informative before became ignorant and vacuous. Is it too much to ask that we keep away from the obvious logical fallacies on HN?
meric 16y ago
Read how a drug dealer got a tax deduction on his drug profits: http://books.google.com/books?id=IwwcB8Z-dYgC&pg=PA564&lpg=PA564&dq=australia+drug+tax+deduction&source=bl&ots=hNdgPhmQg9&sig=oHETq9p_KPVCWsGfcAxjy_14utw&hl=en&ei=gaPgTJ6aDoSEvgPJusXiDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=IwwcB8Z-dYgC&pg=PA564&#...

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M1573RMU74710N 16y ago

That sounds like complete BS to me, unless you're talking about some time ago when marijuana and tax law were actually intertwined. The best you could hope for is some sympathy from the judge and/or not also getting slapped with tax evasion. Source?

jlujan 16y ago

Same goes to illegal immigrants. You do not need proof of citizenship to acquire a Tax ID or file a return. Those that are picked up and tried for illegal immigration are much more likely to not be deported/jailed if they have all of their taxes in order.