This time, it's in the black market for weed. From Politico:

"Mexican cartels have a long history of importing, growing and redistributing illicit cannabis in the United States. But Chinese investors, owners and workers have emerged in recent years as a new source of funding and labor
for illegal marijuana production.

What is known — from interviews with state law enforcement officials, experts on the international drug trade, economists and lawmakers — is that the number of farms funded by sources traceable back to Chinese investors
or owners has skyrocketed. Chinese owners and workers have become a
larger presence at illegal grows in Oklahoma, California and Oregon, they say."


So Americans who want to respond to demand in red states (where MJ
is still a "gateway" drug) are being forced into menial McJobs by greedy Chinese predators.

Naturally, since this trend has accelerated recently, it's all Biden's fault.

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On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 11:05:22 AM UTC-7, Fascist Flea wrote:

This time, it's in the black market for weed. From Politico:

"Mexican cartels have a long history of importing, growing and redistributing
illicit cannabis in the United States. But Chinese investors, owners and workers have emerged in recent years as a new source of funding and labor for illegal marijuana production.

What is known — from interviews with state law enforcement officials, experts on the international drug trade, economists and lawmakers — is that
the number of farms funded by sources traceable back to Chinese investors
or owners has skyrocketed. Chinese owners and workers have become a
larger presence at illegal grows in Oklahoma, California and Oregon, they say."

So Americans who want to respond to demand in red states (where MJ
is still a "gateway" drug) are being forced into menial McJobs by greedy Chinese predators.

Naturally, since this trend has accelerated recently, it's all Biden's fault.

The real question is this...do you think the gov't profiteering from the weed trade
in a fashion little different than the mafia or a cartel taking a cut is a good idea?

ScottW

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Shmoo scottw unleashes the Stupid Storm again.

This time, it's in the black market for weed. From Politico:

"Mexican cartels have a long history of importing, growing and redistributing
illicit cannabis in the United States. But Chinese investors, owners and workers have emerged in recent years as a new source of funding and labor for illegal marijuana production.

What is known — from interviews with state law enforcement officials, experts on the international drug trade, economists and lawmakers — is that
the number of farms funded by sources traceable back to Chinese investors or owners has skyrocketed. Chinese owners and workers have become a
larger presence at illegal grows in Oklahoma, California and Oregon, they say."

So Americans who want to respond to demand in red states (where MJ
is still a "gateway" drug) are being forced into menial McJobs by greedy Chinese predators.

Naturally, since this trend has accelerated recently, it's all Biden's fault.

The real question is this...do you think the gov't profiteering from the weed trade
in a fashion little different than the mafia or a cartel taking a cut is a good idea?

"Your" being a dolt again. The real question I have is whether it's deliberate or involuntary.

Supposedly, "conservatives" are enamored of free markets and unfettered commerce. If "the gov't" is "profiteering" (a word whose definition is obviously
unknown to you), then THERE IS NO BLACK MARKET. If a product is legal,
the capitalist system ensures an efficient market.

What I suspect is you are one of those imbecilic Jeff Sessions-like puppets
who believe "good people don't use marijuana". But you're too uptight to
admit your prudishness, so you try to fog up the topic with nonsensical
terms like "profiteering" (which, again, is a term you do not understand).

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On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 2:38:18 PM UTC-7, Fascist Flea wrote:

Shmoo scottw unleashes the Stupid Storm again.

This time, it's in the black market for weed. From Politico:

"Mexican cartels have a long history of importing, growing and redistributing
illicit cannabis in the United States. But Chinese investors, owners and workers have emerged in recent years as a new source of funding and labor
for illegal marijuana production.

What is known — from interviews with state law enforcement officials, experts on the international drug trade, economists and lawmakers — is that
the number of farms funded by sources traceable back to Chinese investors
or owners has skyrocketed. Chinese owners and workers have become a larger presence at illegal grows in Oklahoma, California and Oregon, they say."

So Americans who want to respond to demand in red states (where MJ
is still a "gateway" drug) are being forced into menial McJobs by greedy Chinese predators.

Naturally, since this trend has accelerated recently, it's all Biden's fault.

The real question is this...do you think the gov't profiteering from the weed trade
in a fashion little different than the mafia or a cartel taking a cut is a good idea?

"Your" being a dolt again. The real question I have is whether it's deliberate
or involuntary.

Supposedly, "conservatives" are enamored of free markets and unfettered commerce. If "the gov't" is "profiteering" (a word whose definition is obviously
unknown to you), then THERE IS NO BLACK MARKET. If a product is legal,
the capitalist system ensures an efficient market.

You clearly don't have a clue about the gov't regulated weed market.
Move to Ca. and call me when you have a license to grow, distribute or sell. Good luck with that.

ScottW

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Shmoo scottw lays a big, stinking turd of evasiveness.

So Americans who want to respond to demand in red states (where MJ
is still a "gateway" drug) are being forced into menial McJobs by greedy
Chinese predators.

Naturally, since this trend has accelerated recently, it's all Biden's fault.

The real question is this...do you think the gov't profiteering from the weed trade
in a fashion little different than the mafia or a cartel taking a cut is a good idea?

"Your" being a dolt again. The real question I have is whether it's deliberate
or involuntary.

Supposedly, "conservatives" are enamored of free markets and unfettered commerce. If "the gov't" is "profiteering" (a word whose definition is obviously
unknown to you), then THERE IS NO BLACK MARKET. If a product is legal,
the capitalist system ensures an efficient market.

You clearly don't have a clue about the gov't regulated weed market.
Move to Ca. and call me when you have a license to grow, distribute or sell.

Of course you can't back up your gibbering about "profiteering", so you switch horses in midstream, as usual. If you were interested in an honest discussion (as opposed to your reactionary pinballing method of obfuscation), you would put into words exactly why you're opposed to a "gov't regulated[sic] weed market".
Once again, I remind you that "profiteering" is irrelevant to a LEGAL PRODUCT.

Also, you failed to address the main issue, which is Chinese vs. American entrepreneurs.
Instead, you scurried away to hide in your anti-California smog hovel. It's too bad
you're unwilling or unable to think at an adult level. All we'll ever get out of you, it seems,
is whining and whimpering and an endless outpouring of White Privilege Grievances.

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