Buffalo Roots Hydroponics and Organics
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Leave a commentDude, nice work saying "produce" with a straight face. You know how much college kids like to blaze fresh tomatoes.
New markets are emerging in America.
Do you remember that marijunna bill that Grisanti and Cuomo introduced a few months ago?
They wanted to make it easier for kids to get their hands on the stuff (by making it like a parking ticket), but still wouldn't let Roswell Park use it for research and treatment.
How backwards is that?
I say legalize it and tax the you know what out of it. This way you raise revenue, lower police overhead, lower crime because police can worry about things that matter. You'll never win the war on drugs, we learned that with prohibition in the 30's. Also the war on drugs is the only war we've ever lost....well if you dont count The War of 1812, Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan...well I mean you get the point.
I agree with Up that there shouldn't even be any 'parking ticket'-like violations for it.
At a minimum, Cuomo & NYS leg should follow the legalization examples of Colorado & Washington state.
But taxes on it shouldn't be set too crazy high. Sales tax should be enough, considering the businesses growing & selling it would be paying normal property taxes, income taxes, corporate taxes, gas/diesel taxes when transporting, and so on.
I'd say double the sales tax and put half towards the State and let the County/City of sale have the other 8 percent.
If produced at mass scale, high quality marijunna could be produced for as little as $300 p/lb, but on a niche (and black market) basis can cost up to $1,500 to produce, which ends up having a "retail" value that can be upwards of $3,000 because of contorted distribution channels.
Legalization would immediately bring prices down drastically. In that context I would support excessively high tax rates at the retail level.
Let's say the equilibrium price ends up being $300 per/lb in a competitive market context. I'd be alright with a New York State sales tax of 500% of production cost.
But those new tax revenues shouldn't be used to grow New York State's already bloated government. They should be used to augment municipal property taxes.
We won the War of 1812.
Ummmm no we didn't. We signed a treaty with England because they were kicking our ass and burning everything in sight.
agreed. tax and regulate like alcohol and move on.
This is a welcome addition to Main Street in the University Heights. These guys put an incredible amount of work into renovating the interior space and completely rebuilding the facade. The contemporary styling adds some visual interest to this stretch of Main. I remember when this place was the shuttered Buffalo Frame Shop and it was a real mess. I wish the article included a picture of the great mural they painted on the side of the building to cover up years of graffiti.
The owners seem vested in the neighborhood as well, which is great! They came to a meeting over the summer about community gardens and were really supportive. Hoping them many years of success!
I remember what hydroponics was used fo back in my day, it wasn't for growing tomatoes.
Looks like a nice store though.Now if you folks could just get that plantegon built.
> I remember what hydroponics was used fo back in my day, it wasn't for growing tomatoes.
Remember back in the day when all the ads on 97 Rock, Rock 102, WPHD, WZRD and WUWU were for record, stereo, waterbed, and hydroponic stores, and not injury attorneys?
Waterbeds and Stuff! The stuff? "Smoking accessories."
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