PatriotsReign

LEGALIZE MARIJUANA!!

Yup, that's right child...

Sell pot LEGALLY and tax it. Projected revenue is in the stratosphere.

This would also eliminate thousand of jobs for federal agents trying to catch pot smugglers and greatly reduce the number of people imprisoned for marijuana distribution. The number of jobs lost woud be more than off-set by the number of people that would gain employment by making pot legal.

The bottom-line is that we've had ample time to consider all the reasons why pot should or should not be legal. And to date, I haven't read a single convincing argument on why it should NOT be legalized.

Has anyone?

I think we can all agree that pot is NOT, "the gateway drug to heavier more harmful drugs" any more so than alcohol.

chicowalker

Nope. Not one.

Holy Diver

That makes too much sense....

here is a better Idea:

Cut Taxes
Cut Spending
Increase the military budget
Outsource jobs
Deregulate Wall Street
redistribute wealth to the richest 1% of americans
cut Social Security
cut Medicare

everything should be great after that.

PatriotsReign

You're right HD...why do something that actually makes sense from all angles?

sarcasm noted.

Holy Diver

As we all know, nothing will change, wealth will be redistributed to the wealthiest people. Our debt will grow, our dollar will be inflated and worthless, our jobs will go overseas, our depression will worsen, our children will be undereducated...

and we will vote in fear, against our own interests to put these people who are breaking our country and profiting from it, back in power!


we suck.

PatriotsReign

I actually agree with this except the "we suck" part.

ONe of the biggest factors tearing our country apart is our growing population. Over time, as our population has grown and our citizens feel less and less significant, we've gotten cynical and scared.

After all, who are we to blame? Who can truly manage something as big as our federal gov't? The honest answer is "no one can"...at least not effectively and honestly.

And the more our population grows, the worse it will get. Sometimes I wonder if all would be better if each state managed their own gov't from top to bottom and we eliminated the federal gov't except for the the absolute neccessities.

Holy Diver

Not to make y'all paranoid....

President Obama Signs Executive Order Establishing Council of Governors | The White House

mcgraw_wv

Disband the TSA.

You have a greater chance of dying on the way to the airport than once you get on a plan and die in a terrorist act.

The money spent is not worth the effectiveness of the TSA, they are always behind the plots, and and reactionary. In a terrorist attack world... reacting to an attack means the attempt was already made...

Holy Diver

Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget


great example of the hard decisions w ecollectivly have to make as a country during the next 2 years.


wanna bet none of these gets cut?


I balanced the budget, as I'm sure most people can, when given dictorial powers. Its the coming together that will be impossible.

Wolfpack

Without addressing the great pot debate, the solution to the problem of our Federal Debt or annual deficit will take drastic measures, such as a balanced budget amendment or a dramatic reduction in spending. Don't be fooled into thinking that to solve the debt, all we need to do is generate more revenue. The pols have proven time and again that no matter how much revenue is generated, they will find a way to spend it all and then some.

IOW, suppose our deficit for next year is $500 billion. Logically, one thinks that if we can somehow generate an additional $500 billion in revenue, then that will balance the budget. But it won't. The pols will find a way to waste that additional revenue and still spend the same amount in debt.