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Poll Shows Higher Support Among Michigan Voter For Taxing Marijuana Verses Raising Sales Tax For Road And School Funding


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FLINT- The Michigan voters will return to the polls to decide whether or not to increase the Michigan sales tax rate from six to seven percent.  According to recent Survey USA Poll commissioned by the Michigan Medical Marijuana Report, Michiganders would rather tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol.

 

The poll indicates that the majority of Michigan voters are against raising state sales tax to pay for roads and schools. A raise on sales tax was approved by the legislature and Governor Rick Snyder during last years in lame duck session, and will be voted on this May in a special statewide election. Of the 500 registered Michigan voters surveyed, only 43% support raising sales tax to pay for roads. 49% opposed the hike and 8% were not sure.

 

The poll shows 64% of Michigan adults would likely vote in favor of taxing and regulating Marijuana, as opposed to raising taxing across the board. 28% of respondents opposed regulating marijuana like alcohol, and 8% was not sure.  

 

"The road tax proposal is in serious trouble. Voters are suspicious of more taxes imposed upon the general population. There are other, more creative ways to generate revenue to fund roads and schools. Regulation and taxation of marijuana is an alternative voters seem to prefer." Tim Beck, Safer Michigan Coalition Chair.

 

“In these tough economic times when Michigan citizens look at other states like Colorado which is taking in tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue by regulating marijuana like alcohol and wonder, why we are not doing it here.” states Ben Horner from the Cannabis Stakeholders Group.

 

 Support for regulating marijuana was highest amongst voters that identified themselves as independents (68% yes), where as democrats (65% yes) and republicans (57% yes) was less. Of all the demographics in favor of raising the Michigan sales tax the young adults between the ages of 18-34, showed the greatest support for increasing the sales tax (49% yes).  This poll of 500 registered voters was conducted on January 20, has a margin of error of 4.5%. Approximately one third of the participants answered questions from cell phones and two-thirds by landlines.

 

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WOW 64%, who would have thought that many people in MI supported legalizing marijuana?

 

That's frigon insane, man like 3 months ago, if some one would have said something like that, they would have been stupid and or crazy. Wild world we live in HUGH!

 

;)

 

What was the % normal wanted for funding?

 

Hears a thought, there calling people, who register for those type of calls, and or anser unknown numbers. I wonder how many people they just slipped over, or am I wrong I'm my assumption. I'm sure some one would love to correct my warped sence of reality. I don't ish.

 

Or how many people might vote that would other wise not vote if that issue came up? Just curious, I only voted ounce in my life, that was like what has it been 8 or 9 years?

 

Could it be possible to make a Legal Cottage Marijuna industry in mi? Like Craft Beer and micro brewery's. Nothing like Wa or Co. No commercial shwag? Just legal home grows and little storefronts or coffee shops. Hmm?

 

Probably not realistic.

 

Why do people always compare it to liquer, seems to ME imvho it's more like beer. Craft beer! Tasty, Elegant, you can have one for lunch, still drive! Just a random thought. Like it just seems like they always say liquer, why not we need to regulate and tax Marijuana like the beer industry. IMO it sounds more comparable.

 

Peace out haters! :P

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Why do people always compare it to liquer, seems to ME imvho it's more like beer. Craft beer! Tasty, Elegant, you can have one for lunch, still drive! Just a random thought. Like it just seems like they always say liquer, why not we need to regulate and tax Marijuana like the beer industry. IMO it sounds more comparable.

 

 

 

I watched a Samuel Adams commercial earlier and thought the exact same thing. The whole company shooting beer at each other, diving in the tanks and admiring the beer they are about to get wasted on. Only somebody with an agenda would see marijuana any differently.

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Liqueur has a bad stigma. You never hear about some one drinking a couple twelve ounce centennials and going home and beating his wife and kids. It's always a fith of some bottom shelf.

 

Comparing it to liquer is bad judgment. Not good propaganda. No body likes a drunk. Every one likes a stoner.

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Liqueur has a bad stigma. You never hear about some one drinking a couple twelve ounce centennials and going home and beating his wife and kids. It's always a fith of some bottom shelf.

probably because the people who have money to spend on high class liquor have the same money for lawyers to keep thier names out of the papers after they beat their wife and kids.

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Liqueur has a bad stigma. You never hear about some one drinking a couple twelve ounce centennials and going home and beating his wife and kids. It's always a fith of some bottom shelf.

 

Comparing it to liquer is bad judgment. Not good propaganda. No body likes a drunk. Every one likes a stoner.

 

:watching:

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Except for them whiny stoners that always want to smoke for free. I'm not gonna say any names but there are a couple handles on this fprum that may fall under that category.

 

"I'm not a stoner, I'm a pataint"

Well your still trying to get stoned for free?

:butt2:  :yahoo-wave:  :bong7bp:  :bong2:  :lolu:  :judge:  :drinking-coffee:

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