Quote Originally Posted by Phunnyman
Both Headshake and Senor are quite dead on in their assessments on the current administration position on this subject which will set that precedent for many other rights that have been trampled and upon the Austrian school of thought regarding economics.

I'm far from an expert on the subject with only the past decade of my life being focused upon the subject of economics and working towards the ability to serve as a social scientist in something I truly enjoy and think that most are ignorant of and an up to date understanding needs to be shared, there is a wide, wide array of information, fact, and theory to be applied and studied thoroughly.

Let's pose this question in regard to the original post for some thought; With our current government and Presidential administration, why would it be advantageous or not to address the prospect of legalization/decriminalization at this time and what do you think the outcome would most likely be? How could it be a positive or a negative for this administration? If you were Obama today, how would you address or not the legalization/decriminalization?
If I wanted to be re-elected I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole on any side of the question. The core groups on either side are too small (for now) to justify potentially pissing off the middle. From a political perspective (clearly the only one Obama, or, to be fair, most of the rest of them from either side of the aisle care about) the danger far outweighs anything to potentially be gained.