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Stryst

(715 posts)
4. I don't know...
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 12:32 PM
Oct 2015

As the population ages, especially in the population rich East coast states, state governments are going to be desperate for new funds. Since a fair bit of our population seems to have bought into the "all taxes are bad" mentality, that means finding new sources of revenue. By the time a couple of elections roll around, the legalization states will have a couple of years to show just how much money legalization both makes and saves the states.

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