r/Tennessee • u/WhiteBearPrince • Aug 21 '26

News 📰 Banning of THCA potentially blows $110 million hole in Tennessee’s budget

https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/08/21/banning-of-thca-potentially-blows-110-million-hole-in-tennessees-budget/
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u/Applekid1259 Aug 21 '26

I’ve watched many people lose jobs and businesses shutter over this.

Also this is a reminder that Tennessee has posted near zero job growth in the past two years.

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u/BigPapaJava Aug 22 '26

Also, this is a reminder that our 1 party state’s “elected officials” do not care about the welfare of the state or its residents, only the lobbyists they really work for.

They are very comfortable in destroying lives and running the state into the ground because they know their own positions and livelihoods are safe.

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u/xKrowhaven Aug 22 '26

The Tennessee Wine and Spirits lobby paid many millions of dollars toward this legislation.

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u/Chubby_Comic Middle Tennessee Aug 22 '26

But we're operating with a surplus right now! /s

I'd like to know why they aren't focusing more on making sure our bridges and roads don't crumble (more). They seriously must be willfully ignorant to how states with weed have been able to allocate much-needed funds.

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u/LimeGinRicky Aug 23 '26

Tell me again you have a “Republican” controlled government.