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How in the world could we legalize pot when so many people take so many of your tax dollars simply because pot is illegal?
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How in the world could we legalize pot when so many people take so many of your tax dollars simply because pot is illegal?
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A recent letter to the editor said that we should legalize pot.
We can't legalize pot.
Too many people make a lot of money selling pot. One reads that prudent dealers bury the first million in the ground to provide a measure of comfort when they are released in a few years.
Too many people make even more money building and maintaining prisons filled with these people who got caught selling pot.
Think of the dozens and perhaps hundreds of companies that would lobby hard against any bill that would eliminate their cash cow prisons by legalizing pot.
They are the folks who cry out with indignant outrage should anyone who sold 3 ounces of pot get out early for good behavior.
Some quiet evening when you want to read something interesting, Google around until you find a site that tells you how many companies take your tax dollars for providing services for state, federal, or the even t...
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