It took two centuries for the federal government to grow into the behemoth that it is today. And you’re not going to cut it back down to size in a day.
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Thomas Jefferson called the public debt, “the greatest of the dangers to be feared.” As he put it, we have a choice “between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.”
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An “elective despotism” was not the government the revolutionaries fought for. Yet, here we are today.
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Provisions in the bill also decouple the state tax code from federal law as it applies to deductions for marijuana businesses. In effect, the new law allows marijuana businesses in Connecticut to take tax deductions on their state returns that they’re currently prohibited from utilizing.
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Provisions in the budget bill decouple the state tax code from federal tax code as it applies to deductions for marijuana businesses. In effect, the changes will allow marijuana businesses in Illinois to take tax deductions on their state returns that they’re currently prohibited from utilizing.
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Despite the large slave population, and the colony serving as a key player in the slave trade, abolitionist sentiment grew, and on June 13, 1774, the colony enacted “An Act for Prohibiting the Importation of Negros.”
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DENVER, Colo. June 12, 2023 – Earlier this month, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill legalizing online payments for marijuana in the state despite ongoing federal cannabis prohibition. Rep. William Lindstedt, Rep. Said Sharbini and Rep. Robert Rodriguez introduced House Bill 1279 (HB1279) on March 30. The new law repeals language in state law […]
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June 12, 1775 – Give up your guns and give up your friends – and we’ll give you peace? No deal said the Patriots. And it’s an attitude modern Americans would do well to heed.
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