Schaumburg, IL mulls $100,000 fee for medical pot dispensary
Assistant Village Manager Paula Hewson said the recommended fee is intended to cover public safety costs the village doesn't believe should be borne by other taxpayers. These include the potential for an increase in crime and police calls due to the fact the dispensaries will do all their business in cash and be bringing an otherwise illegal, controlled substance to the area, she said.
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Here we see the continued scam of the War on Drugs writ large. One part of government enacts bans and harmful regulations. Another part of government taxes the people to recoup the costs incurred by the same. The mob couldn't do extortion any better.
It is federal law that keeps marijuana a Schedule 1 drug, sold widely only on a corrupt and crime ridden black market. It is federal law that makes marijuana an "illegal controlled substance."
It is federal law that prevents banks and credit card companies from dealing with marijuana dispensaries. It is federal law that forces their business to be all cash, which then attracts crime.
public safety costs the village doesn't believe should be borne by other taxpayers
It is the massive, bloated billions wasted on the War on Drugs, already borne by the taxpayers, that creates the public safety costs that then should not be borne by taxpayers. Is there any push by Schaumburg officials to not saddle the people with the larger costs in the first place? Of course not.
Will government itself ever break this cycle, so long as they're getting other people to pay for it? Will the police care when they're getting overtime, private asset seizures, military surplus and other handouts? No, they will let this scam run round and round for as many years as they can, while they rake in the fines and fees. This entire corrupt system must be torn out to the roots, by the people. It will never end otherwise, there's too much profit to be made in the bureaucracy.