LiberalNation
11-04-2008, 10:58 PM
I'm surpised, normally getting rid of a tax is really popular with a peoples vote.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ballot_measures
Massachusetts voters eased marijuana laws and turned down a chance to repeal the state income tax Tuesday as ballot measures across the nation addressed a host of contentious issues ranging from gay marriage to abortion.
Henceforth, people caught in Massachusetts with an ounce or less of pot will no longer face criminal penalties. Instead, they'll forfeit the marijuana and pay a $100 civil fine. The defeated tax item would have deprived the state of an estimated 40 percent of its tax revenues and, according to opponents, would have forced a drastic cutback of needed programs and services.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ballot_measures
Massachusetts voters eased marijuana laws and turned down a chance to repeal the state income tax Tuesday as ballot measures across the nation addressed a host of contentious issues ranging from gay marriage to abortion.
Henceforth, people caught in Massachusetts with an ounce or less of pot will no longer face criminal penalties. Instead, they'll forfeit the marijuana and pay a $100 civil fine. The defeated tax item would have deprived the state of an estimated 40 percent of its tax revenues and, according to opponents, would have forced a drastic cutback of needed programs and services.