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Puerto Rico betting on medical marijuana to help ease crisis
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| 08/01/2017
| Danica Coto
Posted on 08/02/2017 1:30:53 PM PDT by cll
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Its the only viable alternative we have to solve the economic situation" - BS. There are many ways to solve the economic situation. If government gets out of the way of any legitimate business.
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posted on
08/02/2017 1:30:53 PM PDT
by
cll
To: cll; dainbramaged; TheStickman; beaversmom
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posted on
08/02/2017 1:31:28 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: rrstar96; AuH2ORepublican; livius; adorno; wtc911; Willie Green; CGVet58; Clemenza; Narcoleptic; ...
Hat tip: GITM
Puerto Rico Ping! Please Freepmail me if you want on or off the list.
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posted on
08/02/2017 1:32:25 PM PDT
by
cll
(Serviam!)
To: cll
From the frying pan to the fire...
Gawd liberals are stupid
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posted on
08/02/2017 1:37:42 PM PDT
by
A_Former_Democrat
("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW! Boycott Mex/Can, nba NFL PepsiCO Kellogg'sB)
To: cll
I think Puerto Rico is confusing itself with Jamaica. Tourists looking for ganja are already going to the island 400 miles to the left.
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posted on
08/02/2017 1:42:04 PM PDT
by
poinq
To: cll
marijuana to relieve what crisis?
The crisis of all those on fraudulent disability needing something to do instead of working?
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posted on
08/02/2017 1:42:43 PM PDT
by
C210N
(It is easier to fool the people than convince them that they have been fooled)
To: cll
Raise tobacco and booze taxes build more casinos, tax the rich.
I thought you were democrats and you don’t know these things?
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posted on
08/02/2017 1:45:07 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.)
To: cll
I don’t understand why people think pot is the solution to everything... its a weird kind of religion. Whatever you’ve got, pot is the answer.
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posted on
08/02/2017 1:48:33 PM PDT
by
marron
To: C210N
Either that or the crisis of 75% of the population working for the government and expecting to retire on full pay at 52.
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posted on
08/02/2017 1:49:53 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(You can't read all day if you don't start early in the morning.)
To: cll
Great idea. Create a govt protected monopoly to deliver funds into your election campaigns and at the same time create a bunch of new jobs in the law enforcement industry. A real win-win situation - for the politicos and their cronies and their hangers-on that is. As to the new jobs growing marijuana? Doubtful. They were growing weed before the law, different "theys" (the politically connected kind) are growing weed after the law - jobs have just moved around a bit.
If this is what is considered their "only viable alternative" to solving the economic situation then they really need to step out of the way and let the collapse happen so the real (as in non-crony) economy can find a way to produce real jobs and real (non-crony) wealth.
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posted on
08/02/2017 1:54:05 PM PDT
by
Garth Tater
(What's mine is mine.)
To: cll
Yep, that’ll fix it, all the failed states jumping on the legalized pot bandwagon. It worked out so well with casinos.
To: cll
Maybe they can borrow some money and pot from California.
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posted on
08/02/2017 2:08:45 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: cll
Legal pot to create jobs? I’ll bet many new tokers will lose their jobs due to disinterest.
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posted on
08/02/2017 2:09:23 PM PDT
by
umgud
To: Tax-chick
20% of the Civilian Labor Force work for the Government.
About 10% Unemployment Rate.
The problem is other things:
Dont Lecture Greece on Welfare: Puerto Rico USA Is Much Worse
The common stereotype is to label the Greeks as lazy, because only 52 percent of the nation is currently working. But only 43 percent of Puerto Ricans,USA are employed.
Socialism killed Puerto Rico too
Social Security disability payments are just one example, but the SSA's own internal reports showed that in 2010 nine of the top 10 zip codes for workers receiving disability benefits were on Puerto Rico. Applicants for disability payments were approved at a rate of 69% in 2010 compared to just 36% four years earlier. Things got even more ridiculous this spring when it was revealed that not being able to speak English was considered a legitimate disability on the island.
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posted on
08/02/2017 2:11:25 PM PDT
by
Lockbox
To: KC_Lion
Some Puerto Rican bud followed by Mofongo for supper. It’s very tasty.
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posted on
08/02/2017 2:11:26 PM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(Get out of my country now)
To: Lockbox
I don’t think either Puerto Ricans or Greeks are “lazier” than anybody else. It’s all about economic incentives and constraints.
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posted on
08/02/2017 2:13:03 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(You can't read all day if you don't start early in the morning.)
To: cll
Failed societies rely on legalized lotteries, gambling, prostitution, and drugs for their economic engine.
To: Tax-chick
Its all about economic incentives and constraints.Bingo, we have a winner!
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posted on
08/02/2017 2:20:42 PM PDT
by
Lockbox
To: Lockbox
You can’t read the works of Dr. Thomas Sowell all day if you don’t start early in the morning. (So to speak: I’m actually on a Tudor-biographies kick right now.) But Dr. Sowell is right. Some people will work really hard, no matter what, just because that’s their nature, but most follow the incentives the system gives them.
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posted on
08/02/2017 2:24:24 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(You can't read all day if you don't start early in the morning.)
To: KC_Lion
If this is what the folks of Puerto Rico want good for them.
Base on Puerto Rico’s history of fiscal insanity I doubt legal cannabis sales are going to make much difference.
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posted on
08/02/2017 2:29:31 PM PDT
by
TheStickman
(And their fear tastes like sunshine puked up by unicorns.)
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