From the VOMITORIUM
One of today’s biggest problems facing the US is that of immigration….well NOT ALL immigration…just that part of it that involves the drug lords and their war for territory and routes…..the American Southwest has become a hot bed of this illegal activity….people’s property being violated, people killed crime of all sorts being perpetrated….and now the common election rhetoric is that we must slam the door shut on the border…at least to keep the undesirables out (their term not mine).
Why are Americans worried about immigration?
All this concern (and I use the term loosely) is just so much lip service….and political lip service at that….after all it IS election time and this IS a good issue to emphasize during a campaign……
What is the main problem? The demand for illegal drugs….and in as such creates the middle man which in this case creates the crime, the killings and the problem….but to blame ALL immigrants for the actions of a few is MORONIC. A man in search of cash to feed his family is not causing the crimes! The people supplying the demand for illegal drugs are causing the problem.
Let us look at the War on Drugs….a DISMAL failure! Billions spent on control has done NOTHING to curb the drugs entering into the US. It has not slowed demand or use or anything else. But yet we keep throwing money at the problem, if you want to call it a problem.
You want to curb the violence in this country and in Mexico? One sure fire way! Eliminate the middle man! Users of illegal drugs will keep using and farmers will keep growing…..that is all you need to know about the industry.
A radical idea! LEGALIZE drugs! Once legal they can be taxed …once that is done then the need for the middle man is gone. With the middle man gone the crime will to lessened if not removed. Farmers can make their money and users can get whacked out and the government has a new source of income. The need for the War on Drugs is gone and that money can be used where it is needed….in the US of A.
All this in turn will help the deficit…something to consider if we are serious about controlling the deficit and responsibility. But then I am NOT sure that we are serious, more like just more BS and lip service to make us think something is done…..I have NO confidence in the government…no matter which pack of lairs and cheats are in power.
I have always said the same (with reservations). Prohibition didn’t work. Anti-smoking bullshit doesn’t work. Making alcohol illegal for the young doesn’t work.
The minute you make something illegal, you immediately increase its attraction to a vast majority of the population – even those who would never consider trying it, or doing anything else illegal – you add a fascination factor.
The trouble is all the bullshit… an uneducated public is at risk from such an “open society” and THERE lies the problem. A decent, educated and responsible public will not in general be likely to abuse such materials and, even if legally available, most people don’t want to become addicted and will chose their drugs wisely. An ignorant and irresponsible public that has been fed lies and bullshit for years by idiots and zealots alike is not going to make rational and responsible decisions.
The difficulty for the morons running our societies is that proper and useful education require that you tell the TRUTH to the people! This drug is DANGEROUS BECAUSE – that dug is RELATIVELY harmless but THESE are the dangers – and let the responsible, well informed adult decide! ALL sunstances on the planet are harmful to SOME people (there are those that are allergic to everything), does that mean we should ban EVERYTHING as SOME idiots seem determined to do.
Ban adultery on pain of death or imprisonment; ban drugs on pain of imprisonment or death; what’s the difference?
When will these jerks stop telling people what to do with their own lives and start educating them for real?
I agree with you completely, that the government needs to stay away from my personal choices until I harm someone else…until then what I do to myself is none of anyone’s business.
Plus I was trying to give the anti-immigration people a little reality…..they say that crime is a main thing on the border….okay….eliminate the need for the drug lords and most of the crime will go bye bye….plus it would be a source of revenue for the country…win-win….
I agree… how boring is that? 😆
We are making this way too easy on ourselves….I gotta find something to get the creative juices flowing…..damn….I thought change would be the one since it is so damn popular now…..