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To: Responsibility2nd
There is nothing economically conservative about legalizing marijuana.

Repealing arbitrary government regulations that get in the way of commerce is a bedrock principle of conservatism.

324 posted on 10/07/2010 1:46:02 PM PDT by Sakity Yaks
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To: Sakity Yaks

Repealing arbitrary government regulations that get in the way of commerce is a bedrock principle of conservatism.

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Nice comment. And made solely based on this.......

There is nothing economically conservative about legalizing marijuana.

.... it might be true. But you ignored the key point I was making. So I’ll repeat myself...

There is nothing economically conservative about legalizing marijuana. One of the major goals of Prop. 19 is to GROW (not shrink) the size of government and RAISE (not lower taxes).

So for you to say....

Repealing arbitrary government regulations that get in the way of commerce is a bedrock principle of conservatism.

... sounds pretty shallow when it comes to “repealing arbitrary government regulations” just so you can RAISE taxes and GROW the size of government.

Remember passing Prop. 19 is not done for any free market economic reasons. That might happen - the cartels might go legit and get even richer - just like bootleggers did when Prohibition ended. But again I say...

There is nothing economically conservative about legalizing marijuana. One of the major goals of Prop. 19 is to GROW (not shrink) the size of government and RAISE (not lower taxes).


330 posted on 10/07/2010 2:04:12 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
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