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Originally Posted by Minte
No, something needed to be done. But not a fullspeed turn to the starboard. This is too big of a part of the US economy to risk. It should've been done in smaller pieces over a longer period of time.
And it absolutely shouldn't have been made mandatory and like the supreme court ruled.
A tax if you don't sign up.
That part of it is that has pissed off over half of the country. And until it's changed the lines that divide the people won't get any closer together.
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Well there is of course another very obvious way to pay for it. Legalize pot and tax it. Not only would we make a lot of extra tax dollars, but we would save a shit load of tax dollars by defunding the war on drugs. Not to mention the tax dollars spent prosecuting drug offenders and even defending them.
Of course the current police state wouldn't like that, nor would the for profit prison system and contractors whom make all that fancy police gear..
Honestly though I do agree that a more comprehensive broader reform is needed, but really forcing it through was the only way it was going to happen. Congress could very easily have spent the next 20 years getting nowhere with a step by step attempt and that's wishful thinking of assuming you could even get all the presidents for the next 20 years to also follow a step by step plan..
It really was either force it to happen or nothing. It was never going to be a perfect first attempt. Not when one side is content to just leave things as it was and even make cuts to that.