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Rep. Carlos Curbelo is a two-term Republican from a South Florida district that was once the epicenter in the countrys war on drugs. But last month Curbelo, one of a new generation of Cuban-Americans in Congress, did something that, not too many years ago, would have been unthinkable. He co-sponsored a bill that is the top priority for the nations booming marijuana industry.
Dubbed the Small Business Tax Equity Act, Curbelos bill would let legal pot dealers take advantage of the same tax deductions and credits as any other business, a move that industry experts say would slash the effective tax rates for weed dispensaries in half.
One of my goals in Congress is to ensure the law treats all enterprises with fairness and equity, he said in a statement explaining his decision to join a liberal Oregon Democrat, Earl Blumenauer, in co-sponsoring the measure.
It didnt hurt Curbelo that his move won instant plaudits from influential GOP tax reform guru Grover Norquist a longtime champion of legalized pot who decries the arbitrary and punitive treatment of legal marijuana dealers in the tax code. Nor is it likely to hurt Curbelo back home: Last November, 71 percent of Florida voters approved a medical marijuana measure on the ballot, making the Sunshine State one of the latest in a long line of states that have either legalized pot altogether or allow it to be sold for medicinal purposes.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-democrats-congress-joining-forces-defeat-sessions-war-weed-092026350.html
Doreen
(11,686 posts)until we finally die and be depressed all of the time because of our now very crappy life they need to let us have one thing to numb our minds in order to barely survive.
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)People. There were many with obvious difficulties, on crutches, guide dogs, walkers. The oldest lady I've ever seen there came and she must have been at least eighty. It helps many people in pain.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,362 posts)In establishing rules regarding how it is to be dispensed
The voters overwhelmingly approved medical marijuana last November but we have assholes in Tallahassee who can't decide what's best for them grownups in the state that voted for it
One of the bills from a nit wit from SW Fl will exclude smokable weed as well as vaping.
Because....well who the fuck knows? Perhaps he is stuck in the 50's. Smoking is baaaad!! Despite the fact that many patients respond best to smoked cannibis.
http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/clock-ticking-florida-legislature-disagrees-how-implement-medical-marijuana
SergeStorms
(19,186 posts)are just as draconian. No smokable weed, only a handful of dispensaries across the state For a supposedly "liberal" state these medical marijuana laws are for the birds!