Tobacco
It doesn't take a genius to tell that three huge fads in America today are home gardening, smoking, and insane libertarianism.
So why don't people grow their own tobacco? It may just be that the kind of people who are interested in home gardening are not interested in smoking. I can believe that to some extent, although the sheer number of annoying people who grow tomatoes and zucchini and raspberries suggests that at least some of them must be smokers.
If they are, think how much money they could be saving. The government taxes the hell out of tobacco, and people just sit there and take it. And if they don't take it, then they buy black market Mafia cigarettes. If Goodfellas was right, I don't think I would want to buy cigarettes from anybody who swears as much as mobsters. What if it rubbed off on me? Even if you don't smoke yourself, you can give your smoking friends the tobacco you grow. I am sure they will appreciate it. They will love to roll thousands of their own cigarettes from the tobacco you give them. I know it.
Tobacco, I understand, is a hard plant to grow, but not hard in the sense that orchids or Venus flytraps are hard. Tobacco is labor-intensive. It needs to be hand transplanted, pruned, and picked (in several passes). Some of these tasks can be partially automated, but some can't. Was there ever a better crop for the home gardener? Growing ten million tobacco plants is a real chore and requires either hundreds of slaves or thousands of dollars of equipment. Growing fifty tobacco plants is something that anybody could do in his spare time. And you can even cure it in your attic. I am so excited about this idea.
Side question: Is it possible to grow coca in Flagstaff, Arizona? Is it possible to grow coca anywhere in the United States? Has anybody tried?
So why don't people grow their own tobacco? It may just be that the kind of people who are interested in home gardening are not interested in smoking. I can believe that to some extent, although the sheer number of annoying people who grow tomatoes and zucchini and raspberries suggests that at least some of them must be smokers.
If they are, think how much money they could be saving. The government taxes the hell out of tobacco, and people just sit there and take it. And if they don't take it, then they buy black market Mafia cigarettes. If Goodfellas was right, I don't think I would want to buy cigarettes from anybody who swears as much as mobsters. What if it rubbed off on me? Even if you don't smoke yourself, you can give your smoking friends the tobacco you grow. I am sure they will appreciate it. They will love to roll thousands of their own cigarettes from the tobacco you give them. I know it.
Tobacco, I understand, is a hard plant to grow, but not hard in the sense that orchids or Venus flytraps are hard. Tobacco is labor-intensive. It needs to be hand transplanted, pruned, and picked (in several passes). Some of these tasks can be partially automated, but some can't. Was there ever a better crop for the home gardener? Growing ten million tobacco plants is a real chore and requires either hundreds of slaves or thousands of dollars of equipment. Growing fifty tobacco plants is something that anybody could do in his spare time. And you can even cure it in your attic. I am so excited about this idea.
Side question: Is it possible to grow coca in Flagstaff, Arizona? Is it possible to grow coca anywhere in the United States? Has anybody tried?
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