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If by "real-world manufacture & sales operation" you mean an operation where there can be no guarantees of the quality of ingredients and processing/storage, yo

If by "real-world manufacture & sales operation" you mean an operation where there can be no guarantees of the quality of ingredients and processing/storage, you would be right. Like some pesticides or mold with your bud? How about some vitamin e in your vape juice? Those taxes pay for something, and as a consumer I want to know I'm getting what I paid for and nothing more. We will see a lot these articles ranting against California taxes in the lead up to the elections by the conservative media because they are beginning to hate how much better the state does towards its residents with funding to provide services. Don't forget that almost all the social progress we're seeing in this country is from that state.

thrower123 7y ago
California sure can wag the rest of the dog. > how much better the state does towards its residents with funding to provide service This is surely a joke, however, right?
- microcolonel 7y ago
  No really, some people actually think Californian government institutions and politicians are doing a good job, but being undermined by forces outside their control. It is ludicrous, but you can tell if somebody has remained in California, they like the taste of boot, and in many parts of California, boot covered in human faeces.
  - callmeal 7y ago
    >No really, some people actually think Californian government institutions and politicians are doing a good job, but being undermined by forces outside their control. The truth is probably somewhere in between. There are just as many good people working in government institutions as there are people who're there on the corporate merry-go-round. And ignoring the fact that yes, the good people are being undermined (whether deliberately or through inaction/inattention) is not conducive to finding solutions to these problems. See this for instance: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Homeless-patients-bused-from-Las-Vegas-mental-12771252.php https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Homeless-patients-bus...
microcolonel 7y ago
> Like some pesticides or mold with your bud? Sadly here in Ontario, the legal weed sold directly to consumers by the government arrives moldy often enough that it's well known.

thrower123 7y ago

California sure can wag the rest of the dog. > how much better the state does towards its residents with funding to provide service This is surely a joke, however, right?

microcolonel 7y ago
No really, some people actually think Californian government institutions and politicians are doing a good job, but being undermined by forces outside their control. It is ludicrous, but you can tell if somebody has remained in California, they like the taste of boot, and in many parts of California, boot covered in human faeces.
- callmeal 7y ago
  >No really, some people actually think Californian government institutions and politicians are doing a good job, but being undermined by forces outside their control. The truth is probably somewhere in between. There are just as many good people working in government institutions as there are people who're there on the corporate merry-go-round. And ignoring the fact that yes, the good people are being undermined (whether deliberately or through inaction/inattention) is not conducive to finding solutions to these problems. See this for instance: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Homeless-patients-bused-from-Las-Vegas-mental-12771252.php https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Homeless-patients-bus...

microcolonel 7y ago

> Like some pesticides or mold with your bud? Sadly here in Ontario, the legal weed sold directly to consumers by the government arrives moldy often enough that it's well known.