From The Cafferty File:
Here’s my question to you: Is legalizing marijuana the answer to the government’s money problems?
Ray from Nashville, Tennessee writes:
It won’t solve the problem of the deficit, but it would help a little with revenues. More importantly, our court system would rid itself of a huge burden created by petty pot violations. Think of the money that would be saved by not having to bust, try and jail these people. It’s a win-win situation.
M. writes:
There are too many people making too much money from this drug being illegal: cops, prisons, courts, and all the people they employ take home good paychecks from weed.
Tim from Texas writes:
Would you start smoking pot if it were legalized, Jack? How about Wolf? Does the fact that it is not legal prevent anyone from smoking it? The point here is that whether it’s legal or not has no effect on whether people use it or not. So why not make it legal and tax it? For a billion dollars you could pay 20,000 teachers 50K a year.
Kathy from Wilcox, Alabama writes:
Legalizing pot won’t eliminate government deficits. But it’s a viable idea to discuss. If anything, legalizing pot would pacify large segments of the population into not worrying so much about deficits. I’ve never encountered aggression or anger in a pot smoker. But I’ve seen a lot of bruises and broken lives caused by alcoholics.
Sam from Orlando writes:Absolutely! Marijuana should be legalized and taxed, that’s more money. Satisfying munchies means more money. Taxing rolling paper means more money. Less violent crimes equals less need for enforcement resources, which means more money. We can have a more friendly society, crooks and coppers hugging and holding hands while sharing some fine government ganja…. it would be beautiful.
Guy from Atlanta writes:Dude, I was going to post something but I forgot what it was. Have a nice day!
1 comment:
Well this would end the Mexico drug ring. Canada has legalized pot and it works well. Now here's the 411 from the inside many law makers make big bucks for the drug programs. Not a dine goes to stoping drugs. Most of the Law Makers and rich use drugs while only the nickel and dime dealers are going to jail. In Jersey one of the Municipal Judges would smoke pot before court hearings. Now he did this for years and everyone knew about it but no one do anything about it. Cops would steal the drugs collected and use it themselves.
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