I think this also highlights the meme that the banks and wall street control the federal government. Banks can't legally accept money made from legalized pot. It's a potentially multi billion dollar industry just sitting there waiting to be exploited. Yet, here we are, years later, and pot shops have to keep their profits in safes because they can't deposit it in the bank. And no new corporations are issuing IPOs as pot manufacturing and distribution businesses can't file with the SEC.
Money money money. Billions of dollars for CEOs and Uncle Sam just rotting on the vine. Come on, corporate america, wake the fuck up. How many other businesses can you name that has 1000x $$$ markups on what essentially is a weed, even more exploitative than tobacco. Not to mention the advertising, distribution, accessories, T-shirts, corporate logos, conventions, celebrity endorsements...
