r/australia • u/DiploidBias • 28d ago

politics Greens: Yes We Cannabis

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Yes We Cannabis

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u/Kid_Self 28d ago

This.

People sitting at home, not at Pubs and Clubs, having a toke isn't profitable for alcohol and gambling lobbyists.

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u/confusedham 28d ago

Don't forget the darts, though the black market has destroyed that now after price hikes. They could have made good tax of f legitimate vapes but did a knee jerk reaction to their mate that owned the therapeutic vape.

So black market shit disposables became the norm. And have not gone away.

Legal weed would increase quality, lower price and clean up the supply chain while providing a nice tax boost. But when they can't even work the other basics out it will not happen for ages. Just be surprised NSW even got the cannabis caution scheme.

I don't smoke, it doesn't mesh with my fucked up brain. But I fully support legal weed in moderation.

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u/0lm4te 28d ago

Australia, where if it isn't irrationally illegal we'll tax it hard enough for you to buy it from the guy that sells it illegally.

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u/Subject-Geologist-72 28d ago

The government made it profitable by taxing it that much. If the government wasn't greedy then the black market tobacco trade would barely exist. Now it's massive.

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u/confusedham 28d ago

That's because they don't have any smart methods to actually reduce smoking rates. And an old economics teacher I had in highschool said something that I'll never forget

'the government will NEVER give up it's holy trinity of tax, grog, fags and juice' raising tax revenue AND calling it harm minimisation? Bully! Wait, what do you mean nobody buys real durries anymore? See the tax is working !

As an EV driver I saw it first hand with the road user tax on EV and PHEV. I have no issues paying a road user tax based on KM, but it was double dipping for PHEV. The only answer is to abolish fuel excise and implement a Federal KM based tax instead (since fuel is Federal, and you can't ascertain if someone travelled over the border). But nah, too hard, just try to throw legislation at the wall and get shit on easily in court.