{"id":18099,"date":"2021-02-24T20:32:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T01:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2021\/02\/federal-legalization-could-create-129-billion-in-taxes-and-1-6-million-jobs\/"},"modified":"2021-02-25T17:38:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T22:38:10","slug":"federal-legalization-could-create-129-billion-in-taxes-and-1-6-million-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2021\/02\/federal-legalization-could-create-129-billion-in-taxes-and-1-6-million-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Legalization Could Create $129 Billion in Taxes and 1.6 Million Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Is it just me, or is legalization a no-brainer?
The TRUE Green New Deal includes Cannabis!
Just about every state with legal weed is benefitting during the pandemic thanks to these ‘essential businesses’ which have thrived, creating super necessary jobs during this pandemic. Win fucking win. ~jg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Federal Legalization Could Create $129 Billion in Taxes and 1.6 Million Jobs https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/federal-legalization-could-create-dollar129-billion-in-taxes-and-16-million-jobs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LegalizeIt #Cannabis #unemployment #pandemic #GreenNewDeal<\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is it just me, or is legalization a no-brainer?The TRUE Green New Deal includes Cannabis!Just about every state with legal weed is benefitting during the pandemic thanks to these ‘essential businesses’ which have thrived, creating super necessary jobs during this pandemic. Win fucking win. ~jg Federal Legalization Could Create $129 Billion in Taxes and 1.6 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[582,635,586,565,587,636,600],"tags":[637,638,592,521],"class_list":["post-18099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-blog-2","category-cannabis","category-editorial-2","category-jamiegray","category-moregray","category-news420","category-politics-2","tag-cannabis","tag-news420","tag-opinion","tag-politics","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11755,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/marijuana-legalization-2017-which-states-will-consider-cannabis-this-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":18099,"position":0},"title":"Marijuana Legalization 2017: Which States Will Consider Cannabis This Year?","date":"January 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"#News420 Which States Will Consider Legal Cannabis This Year?http:\/\/bit.ly\/2iHcZrz","rel":"","context":"In "blog"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13479,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/vermont-governor-says-cannabis-legalization-bill-could-still-pass-this-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":18099,"position":1},"title":"Vermont governor says cannabis legalization bill could still pass this month","date":"June 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"#News420 It ain't dead yet...our neighbors to the North may still get legal weed...and as soon as this month! 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