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Our Government Is A Dumbass
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7772771.stmQuote: Last week, the US government released $197m (£133m) to help Mexico fight the drugs cartels.
It was the first part of the Merida Initiative, a $400m (£270m) scheme to assist Mexico's efforts to take on the drugs trade. Ummm...WHY is America spending $400,000,000 of it's own citizens tax money to "help" another country with their crime problem? I mean, don't the tax payers need that money to be appropriated to...well...useful things that might pull them out of their current economic crisis? Eh. What do I know about politics? I'm only 16...
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Re: Our Government Is A Dumbass
The government wants to stop the import of illegal drugs .
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Re: Our Government Is A Dumbass
Lime wrote: linklonk07 wrote: The government wants to stop the import of illegal drugs . AAAAAAANNNNNNNN WRONG! Guess again Explain
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Re: Our Government Is A Dumbass
I Bet $97m is used for self-indulgence
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Re: Our Government Is A Dumbass
The government did it to feel self important.
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Hammm wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7772771.stm Quote: Last week, the US government released $197m (£133m) to help Mexico fight the drugs cartels.
It was the first part of the Merida Initiative, a $400m (£270m) scheme to assist Mexico's efforts to take on the drugs trade. Ummm...WHY is America spending $400,000,000 of it's own citizens tax money to "help" another country with their crime problem? I mean, don't the tax payers need that money to be appropriated to...well...useful things that might pull them out of their current economic crisis? Eh. What do I know about politics? I'm only 16... Sounds like you hit the figurative nail on the head with that one. Yes, useful things like, idk, tax refunds!!! or, oh, idk, our OWN crime stuff? maybe... OR, better yet, why not use it to get all the illegal mexicans back to mexico? Idk, but that seems like a pretty good idea to me. Then again, its the American government. They wouldnt know a good idea if it smacked them in the face and then annally raped them.
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Re: Our Government Is A Dumbass
Tax weed, pay government workers.
All I'm sayin.
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agreed
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psychokittyboy wrote: Tax weed, pay government workers.
All I'm sayin. We need marijuana illegal so we can justify our "drug wars" with Central and South America (especially Columbia and Mexico). Just like Canada needs opium illegal so we can discriminate against the Chinese
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Re: Our Government Is A Dumbass
cocaine is the reason Columbia is supposed to be bad, not pot
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so therefor, pkbs idea = good.
Make weed legal, and tax it, and our national debt will dissapear in 20 years. Our trillion+ national debt....
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marijuana could generate a lot of revenue, businesses could grow and sell it (just like tobacco), sure, some people would still grow their own, but it would probably be more convenient just to buy it.
pot seeds next to the watermelon and flower seeds on the shelf...lol
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yellowrock wrote: marijuana could generate a lot of revenue, businesses could grow and sell it (just like tobacco), sure, some people would still grow their own, but it would probably be more convenient just to buy it.
pot seeds next to the watermelon and flower seeds on the shelf...lol Wether your being sarcastic or not, I can't really tell. But, people are going to smoke it regardless of the law. And its not like weed is the most dangerous thing out there. Theres things that are "legal" that are stupider then weed. Might as well make it legal and make some money on it, then spending so much trying to stop it, and other drugs, from being used.
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My turn! On the matter of taxes going to Mexico. Yes, it's bullshit, but also yes, it's to help them help us keep drugs from coming into the US.
On the matter of legalizing weed.....ummmm....I'm quite certain everyone knows where I stand on this position, but let me go ahead and hit you with some knowledge. ¿Donde esta la biblioteca?
Anyways. Fact #1: Beer is infinitely more dangerous than weed. It's literally impossible to OD on weed as you'll pass out LONG before that ever happens...on the other hand people die of alcohol poisoning every fucking day. Fact #2: If you ever have a chance to go to a high school drunk driving assembly with cops for guest speakers, just straight up ask one: "If someone was going to be under the influence of something while driving, would you rather them be drunk or stoned?" The cop will always answer "Stoned." Why? Because stoned people who think they're too stoned to drive drive with their hands at 10 and 2, seat belt on, hunched over the steering wheel, and going 5-8 miles under the speed limit. Drunk people who think they're too drunk to drive say "Fuck it" and floor it around corners under the presumption that "If I drive really fast, I won't be on the road as long, and therefor less likely to get caught." Fact #3: Stoners rarely get violent...they just get pissed...but only about things dealing with their weed. All you have to do to fix the situation is roll another blunt or load another bong. Drunks, on the other hand, are the leading cause of domestic violence. Fact #4: Now a lot of people, for whatever crazy fucking reason, believe that the government actually MAKES money by throwing people in jail...now this is just fucking retarded, as it's quite impossible to make money by doing so. Who pays for the 3 meals a day a convict gets? And how about the cable that most prisons have now? What about all the court costs to prosecute, detain, process, move, and house a convict? Oh yes, uncle sam is sucking the fat tit with all those weed convictions. No, if you legalized weed, a very large percentage of inmates would be released and actually *gasp* SAVE the government money to spend on more important things! Like helping foreign countries with their own drug wars! But seriously, along with the eased prison burden, legalizing weed would truly help the economy. Just slap a fat tax on it, put a minimum age on it, and start shipping it to gas stations. That'd be awesome, buying a pack of like, 10 to 15 joints or some shit. Instead of coming home and relaxing with a cool one you could come home and relax while burning one. I honestly believe that it would lead to less crime, particularly violent ones, and just in general everyone would be a lot happier.
That said, excuse me, but all this talk about the green monster has made me really want to break out my bong for old time's sakes.
Suggested viewing material: National Geographic's Explorer episode: Marijuana Nation.
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I read it all.... but then I thought...
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