Junior, booze brings in $435.5 million each year. Taxes collected from recreational pot is pitiful in comparison only a fool would boast of, and especially when you factor in the overhead. The father of conservatism, William F Buckley, long advocated the end of the illegal war on pot/drugs. Buckley rather enjoyed recreational pot smoking. Point being, prohibition has ended in Oregon, and when it ends nationally the market is going to be so flooded you wont be able to give pot away. The only reason our pot has any value now is because the vast majority is going out of state to the black market. Tax revenue collected from recreational pot will always be miniscule. If anything, mock the tea party who wants to cut taxes but says nothing of Oregon's 25% outrageous tax.