Farfetched? I don't think so. . .
Whispering Death said:
Dude, I'm sorry to be so pointed but this is the single most stupid anti-legalization argument I have ever heard. Companies killing eachother's CEOs. You really think that happens on Wallstreet? You really see Bill Gates trying to avoid IBM's assassins? Or maybe it's just all the alchohol companies that are killing eachother? Yeah, I was going to invest in amazon.com stock but I was afraid the google.com nerds would plant a bomb in my computer and kock me off.
WD you missed my point entirely.
I am not speaking of your everyday business that has never made a formerly illegal product that is now legal has legal competition. I am speaking of the
Drug Cartels that are already in
illegal business making a hefty profit because there are no taxes, fees, regulations etc etc that they have to pay out. Those same
Drug Cartels that kill each other if someone steps foot into their
territory.
If you were to look at the actual operating costs to manufacture or grow these "soft-drugs" you would see that it costs very little, but the end sell price is exponentially higher. If you start to add in overhead for a sterile environment, building, advertising, price competition, taxes, payroll of a fair wage etc etc then I do not see many
Drug Cartels wanting in on it as it will just cut into their profit margin.
Keep in mind that I say
Drug Cartels. This is to include both foreign and domestic in regards to the US. The ones that already break the law, the ones that have few scruples or morals when it comes to business because to them it is all about the money.
I challenge you to show me where anyone that is making say $100.00 an ounce for pot, will be willing to go down to making $50.00 an ounce. (This $50.00 difference is just a number I pulled out of the air)
I don't think it is as unrealistic as you make it sound. Then again we aren't talking about Bill Gates type people are we? We are speaking of people that have killed their own just for pocketing
a few extra bucks or cutting the dope a bit for
a few extra bucks.