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When it comes to taxing and spending I have never seen a tax that U.S. Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema didn't love.

And now U.S. Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema says the government should quit wasting our tax dollars.

But what really ticks me off about U.S. Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema is when she tried to make medical marijuana illegal in Arizona by slapping a 300%, $900 an ounce tax on medical marijuana back in 2011. That bill she introduced failed.

US Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema is anti-marijuana?

Yea, Kyrsten Sinema loves to shovel the BS and say she supports legalizing marijuana. But actions speak louder than words and Kyrsten Sinema is a prohibitionist.

In 2011 Kyrsten Sinema introduced a bill which would have effectively made medical marijuana illegal in Arizona. I suspect that was for her buddies in the police unions that routinely support her.

Here is a link to the law that US Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema tried to pass when she was a member of the Arizona Senate back in 2011 which would have slapped a 300%, $900 an ounce tax on medical marijuana.

https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/hb2557p.pdf

If this law was passed, medical marijuana in Arizona would cost $1,200 an ounce, making effectively illegal.

You won't find the number 300% in the bill because it is spelled out to make it hard for your to find it.

It says:

5. THREE HUNDRED PER CENT OF THE TAX BASE AS COMPUTED FOR THE BUSINESS OF EVERY PERSON ENGAGING OR CONTINUING IN THIS STATE IN THE NONPROFIT MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY CLASSIFICATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 42-5077. Currently medical marijuana in Arizona costs about $300 an ounce. Kyrsten Sinema's 300% tax rate would have slapped a $900 an ounce tax on medical marijuana causing the price to jump to $1,200 an ounce.

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Sinema: Tired of Congress wasting your money? Here's the fix for continuing resolutions

Kyrsten Sinema, opinion contributor Published 6:09 a.m. MT Feb. 6, 2018

Arizonans are fed up with Washington. Too many games, too much politics, and no results for real people. Arizonans expect and deserve leaders who put differences aside to get things done.

That’s not what we’re getting from Washington.

It is Congress’s job to agree on a budget and responsibly fund the government by Oct. 1 of each year. Congress has failed to do its job. It's been a year and four months. Yet America still has no budget and the government is not being funded responsibly.

Continuing resolutions waste cash

With Congress set to reopen the government and Republican leaders promising to take up immigration and other contentious issues, Democrats are asking whether they achieved anything in the shutdown. (Jan. 22) AP

Congress is expected to pass its fifth continuing resolution (CR) this week. CRs are band-aids that fund the government for short periods of time — this is what happens when politicians refuse to work together and get the job done.

CRs waste taxpayer dollars, weaken national security, and hurt our economy. Military leaders continually tell Congress the most important thing Congress can do for our military is to provide stable and adequate funding. The secretary of the Navy recently said that since 2011, CRs have cost the U.S. Navy $4 billion in inefficiencies or wasted money — taxpayer money “we put in a trash can, poured lighter fluid on it, and burned it.”

In any other job, you get fired if you don’t do your work. Not in Congress, where politicians back into their corners and fight like children, arguing until it is too late. In the end, they are forced to choose between the wastefulness of short-term patches and the recklessness of a government shutdown.

Of the two bad choices, I have voted for CRs and against bills that would lead to shutdowns. Shutting the government down only makes it harder to work across the aisle and find solutions.

These bipartisan solutions are better It doesn’t have to be this way. We can solve real problems for Arizona families if we buckle down, work together and find common ground. I know this is possible because some of us are already doing the hard work and getting results.

I cofounded a congressional group called the Problem Solvers, members who share a goal of solving challenges. We have rolled up our sleeves, talked to each other, and hashed out solutions that have support from both sides of the aisle.

We have a path forward that ends the wasteful cycle of CRs, funds the military and allows investments in veterans' health care, education and infrastructure. We’ve also agreed on principles that reduce the cost of health care for hardworking Arizonans.

I’ve also worked across the aisle on a solution that strengthens border security and protects “dreamers.” We introduced the Uniting and Securing America (USA) Act that addresses dreamers and border security, with more than 50 cosponsors from both sides of the aisle. Our bill has the votes to pass right now, but congressional leaders refuse to let us vote on it.

We have solutions in the House and the Senate that help Arizonans get ahead and build better lives. Those who stand in the way of results, who say “my way or the highway,” and who point blame and name-call are more focused on the next election than helping the American people.

They should step aside and let the adults get to work.

Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., represents Arizona's 9th Congressional District. She also is a candidate for U.S. Senate. Email her at kyrsten.sinema@mail.house.gov​; Twitter, @RepSinema.