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The government could make a fortune taxing weed, and it really needs revenue right now, but once again, the Big Corps want the money, so they will likely get their way instead.
The Big Corps always push agendas designed to pit the citizens against the government. The people always eat this shit up, like the pathetic sheep they are, and wahlah! the government is out, and people are royally fucked over by the Big Corps instead!
You know, stuff like "keep the government out of your healthcare" but it's fine for the Big Insurance companies to charge you out the ass, and DECIDE FOR YOU what treatments they will or won't cover, etc. But hey, at least it's not the damned government, right? Those damn thieves!
We don't want the damned government controlling the prison system, the government is filled with waste and corruption! So now we are getting a privatized, corporate run, prison system instead. That should take care of the problems, right?
Now those prison corps lobby the government for more laws, to make sure prison sentences are longer, and more small crimes equal prison time, so they can see bigger profits.
Since our politicians are bought and paid for, they go along with the greedy bullshit. But hey, at least it's not the damned government, right? Those damn thieves!
I can go on and on with these comparisons, but in my opinion, although the government can't be the answer to everything, in many cases it is a better bet. People will hold the government accountable for many things that the corporations are allowed to skirt.
Every time you trade off government control to corporate enterprises instead, we seem to lose, and the corruption continues, it's just easier to hide.
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