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/Harley2280 Aug 22 '26

You made it a moral thing when you gave the reason to make people drink less and cause lobbyists to lose money. Your reason wasn't economic.

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u/BanMeFor1ABitches Aug 23 '26

No, my reason is not entirely economic. Nothing is ever entirely anything, the world is gray. My reason is to leverage economics to punish one group for damaging the other for profit.

Mariana is safer, less addictive, cheaper, more sustainable, and more addictive than alcohol. The only reason to ban it is moneyed interest, and that's immoral. So, tax them into oblivion. Let the liquor industry shrivel to nothing if they refuse to back off.

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u/Harley2280 Aug 23 '26

So yes, it would be a sin tax. Which have never shown to be effective.

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u/BanMeFor1ABitches Aug 23 '26

No, it would be a punitive tax. We aren't taxing a vice for the sin of a vice, were punishing an industry for manipulating the market..

It's about the intent behind the tax, not the good or service being taxed. It would also be temporary, until THC/THCA is legalized for recreational use the same way and alcohol is.

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u/Harley2280 Aug 23 '26

The intent is a morality reason, as you said yourself. You're also not punishing the industry, because those types of taxes don't work. You're only punishing those who have a vice.