BREAKING NEWS–How to Make Tax Free Money in the Pot Industry

Get paid hourly or just rake in a fat lump sum, the choice is up to you since the government ain’t involved. Oh and don’t worry about passing a drug test. Actually maybe you should worry, because if you DON’T fail the test…that means you’re pro’lly a narc and that’ll lead to an ass-kicking!

Oh and get this…meals are often provided, if you like the Grateful Dead or Phish you won’t blow your brains out after a full-day of listening, you might be able to finagle a free place to stay for a night or two and clippers are usually allowed to pocket some of the product for personal use, plus the stuff they actually stuffed in their pockets when growers weren’t looking!

Staff Sgt. Dave Goddard up in CA’s Mendocino area said operations with between 500 and 1,000 plants generally hire extra help to clip and monitor the plants. Larger-scale operators often have up to seven different grow operations and employ larger staffs, he said.

“There’s an awful lot of unemployed people out there, and this is a way that they have of making money on a cash basis that is largely undisclosed to the government,” he said. “Obviously they aren’t being taxed on it because they’re not receiving a W2 at the end of the year, I can guarantee you that.”

In 30 years with the Sherif’s Dept., Goddard said he’s busted as many as 500 grow operations. He said clippers get charged along with everyone else involved, usually with possession of marijuana, production of marijuana or possession for the purpose of trafficking.

He strongly advises people to stay away from such employment, regardless of the scale of the operation. “(Clippers) don’t consider themselves to be criminals, quite often” he said. “It’s against the law, I shouldn’t have to advise anyone.”