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Originally Posted by theking
Every report that I have ever seen speaks to how much of a drain on our coffers illegal immimigrants are. I have never seen a report that speaks to how illegal immigrants increase our coffers.
You seem to think that legalizing drugs is some kind of a cure all. I personally think that legalizing drugs would increase the amount of usage and the number of users. For the most part people on drugs cannot get a decent job and the overwheming majority cannot keep a job. The drugs are in control of their lives not them. I do not think that crime would go down with legalization as druggys would still committ crimes to pay for their habits.
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There are no reports on how much they contribute to the economy that can be accurate. A lot of them are paid under the table. But just go to a 24 hour walmart late at night and see all the Mexicans buying staples like sheets, curtains, coffee makers, etc. And then realize that they buy food everyday. And gasoline. And vehicles. And everything else that people use on a day to day basis.
As for the drugs...Number one, everybody that wants to do drugs does them ALREADY. Neither me nor anybody else I know is going to do what we are told by the govt.
Nor is anybody who doesn't like drugs going to suddenly decide to do them if they become "legal"
If I want to get high. I will. If I have to pay a lot for it and make some murderous thug in a Mexican Cartel money...then so be it. I'd rather pay a lot less, have it taxed and freely available. I don't NEED you or any govt. telling me what I can and can't do. Doesn't that bother you in the least? That you are being told what you can and can't do to get high? "Oh, WE (big daddy govt.) have decided you can use alcohol. And prescription drugs (which are VERY addictive). But marijuana? That plant that ISN'T addictive? Oh HELL NO! We are going to make it illegal and profitable for drug cartels to become billionaires"
That's what I'm talking about. Where drugs are concerned...just look at Amsterdam. I've been there. Prostitution is legal. People don't get arrested smoking pot.
Those people are FREE. The way we are supposed to be.
I'm sorry guys...I just really feel like the Mexican "problem" is caused by the drug cartels. And in my mind there is no doubt that U.S. policies are 10000% responsible for creating the conditions that made those cartels. And now the chickens are coming home to roost.
In my humble opinion, we made a mistake starting the drug war. And now, instead of just admitting it and backing off...we are compounding that mistake with MORE mistakes. And we end up with violence and our prison system clogged with people who are not "real" criminals.