Quote Originally Posted by Beefer86
4 democrats have been elected since the 60's movement. None has done anything to ease our weedsmoking pleasure.

The reason for the surplus is the increased overall taxes of B. Clinton machine. The taxes I pay so that Obama may use it as hand outs if he were to be elected, just like Clinton did.

And those republicans you are talking about are slandering McCain and hoping for Huckabee. McCain is divorced and that doesnt sit well with the far right christian whackos youve described. Im not telling you who to vote for, but voting for someone solely because they may claim to legalize weed should be punishable by death.
Actually Jimmy Carter was pretty damn close. If it wasn't for his aid with the coke scandal, marijuana would've been decriminalized to a degree. Then Jimmy lost, and well Reagan launched that hardcore anti-drug campaign.

"Penalties against drug use should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself. Nowhere is this more clear that in the laws against the possession of marijuana in private for personal use."

Jimmy Carter to Congress, 8/2/77."

It's easy to say that Obama would use "handouts." Handouts is such a dumb thing to refer to such a program. The welfare system is pretty corrupt, but those who oppose it forget who's in place for. I doto being productive in society. It's for those that are unable to work, deteriorating health conditions and such. Imagine getting a long-term illness, that causes you to not be able to work. Should we let the person die because "I don't want to give a handout." When you refer to such programs, you don't have a firm grasp of what the purpose of this program is for. It doesn't mean to raise taxes, but to call for more efficient, and stringent standards to get these "handouts.' There is a huge amount of fraud, abuse and waste going on in local, state, and federal levels, but instead of complaining about corruption, you imply the system should be dealt away. America is no longer 1789, lots of land and resources yet to be found. Now there are limits, and we must learn to live within our means in regards to everything. America income taxation rate is the same as countries in Europe and we get half the services they do. It's because of inefficiency and corruption of this government. It's particularly dreadful. When I refer to corruption, I refer to fraud, waste, and abuse of funding.

But whos to say that weed isn't a singular issue with some people. People want to live free and in peace, without worrying about destroying their lives just because of a little dope. It could cause great financial, and social implications. To some it would be important, as someone with a serious health ailment would have health care as a priority. Issues like this don't come up from thin air, people's life experiences surround them. It's a bit harsh to announce that voting for someone solely for legalizing weed should be punished by death.