Mayor Q's Kansas City Weed Tax (Almost) Explained

We'll let the politicos & pundits attempt to explain bad policy. 

In the meantime, we offer a truism . . . 

NOW IS THE GREATEST TIME TO BE A KANSAS CITY WEED DEALER IN MODERN HISTORY!!!

Here at TKC, we don't smoke but . . . Honestly, we feel like we missed our calling. 

Drug doggies have been retired, prosecutors aren't making weed a priority and the laws are murkier than ever. 

Real talk . . . OF COURSE TKC thinks that people should obey the letter and spirit of the law BUT If anybody is out there dealing only weed . . . There isn't anybody who would blame them. 

Meanwhile, here's the disconnected conversation . . .

With recreational marijuana now legal in Missouri, cities have the opportunity to benefit from weed sales. In Kansas City, Mayor Quinton Lucas hopes to use an additional 3% tax revenue, if approved, to fight some of the city’s most enduring battles.

Kansas City is among several cities in the metro considering putting the tax on the April 4 ballot.

When state voters passed a law allowing recreational marijuana in Missouri in November’s election, the state began collecting a 6% sales tax that helps fund marijuana oversight programs and expunge prior marijuana offenses from records. If passed, the city tax would add an additional 3% tax onto recreational marijuana purchases.

As for where these taxes will end up . . .

Hint: Where they always do . . . Sketchy slush funds targeted at rewarding loyal voting blocs.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas City mayor proposes 3% marijuana sales tax. Here's what it would fund

With recreational marijuana now legal in Missouri, cities have the opportunity to benefit from weed sales. In Kansas City, Mayor Quinton Lucas hopes to use an additional 3% tax revenue, if approved, to fight some of the city's most enduring battles. Kansas City is among several cities in the metro considering putting the tax on the April 4 ballot.