[ijim]

Originally Posted by Iron_Lion

Gawd forbid a pot grower can live without fear and be a productive tax paying member of the community. Pot growers are people too

Tax paying is the key words here. No decent politician is not going to let anyone make a living without the ability to pick their pocket. If growers give up a share to the state then the state will treat them more as businesses than renegades. I don't think $20 to $50 a pound tax is excessive. Add a few million to the state coffers and you will be a necessity to them. Share the bounty and keep the bounty flowing. A tax offer to the government has to be made. The tax can be ear marked to pay for education and rehabilitation programs. Just like alcohol taxes in some states are spent. I am talking commercial growers not home gardens.

[farmerlion]

At least you can still grow for yourselves in Montana. North Dakota is danger at every turn trying to help people. The commercial grower seems to throw in the towel on a quality meds day one. Yes everybody wants to make the huge payday. But we can't afford to be super growers without a foundation built already. There has been no trust built with the state. They have to see their money without the crime rate and gang bangers selling drugs on every corner in middle America. If a state goes recreational then all this is a mute point. But when we are talking MMJ its not about the grower it's about the patient first and foremost. Each dispensary needs to grow its own meds and provide quality organic meds for the patients it can handle. Slow steady growth will make our communities more comfortable with legislation. My humble opinion PEACE