Currently the government doesn't get a nickel of tax revenue from marijuana, and spends hundreds of millions (maybe billions) of dollars incarcerating low level nonviolent offenders who get caught carrying pot. That's a huge financial drain on this country.
Legalize it and it would bring in revenue, and then release all these low level users from prison and save the enormous expense. Was there a bigger issue in the election of 2012 than bringing in revenue and cutting expenses in order to balance the budget? Well, here's at least a small start.
Last edited by barrysloate; 11-15-2012 at 04:23 AM.
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