Posted on 05/11/2014 8:29:01 PM PDT by mgist
How The One Percent Will Legalize Marijuana BY MIKE ADAMS · FRI FEB 21, 2014
The federal government, along with anti-drug groups, would like to paint a portrait for the American public that stoned supporters of the legalized marijuana movement are all saggy-pant thugs and unemployed hippies -- nothing could be further from the truth.
The fact is there are some very wealthy and influential people out there are working the system in an effort to legalize the leaf. People with LOTS of money have swooped in like stoner superheroes and written fat checks so that America can finally be rid of this pesky prohibition business.
One of the largest financial supporters of the marijuana legalization movement is George Soros, the billionaire pro-pot advocate who has donated millions of dollars to ensure weed enthusiast can chief the reefer without being harassed by the police.
“Our marijuana laws are clearly doing more harm than good… Regulating and taxing marijuana would simultaneously save taxpayers billions of dollars in enforcement and incarceration costs, while providing many billions of dollars in revenue annually. It also would reduce the crime, violence and corruption associated with drug markets, and the violations of civil liberties and human rights that occur when large numbers of otherwise law-abiding citizens are subject to arrest. Police could focus on serious crime instead,” Soros wrote in a 2010 opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal.
Google billionaire Paul Buchheit has supported some of the same campaigns as Soros, donating more than $100,000 to California’s failed Proposition 19 back in 2010. Facebook forefathers Sean Parker and Dustin Moskovitz, along with Men’s Wearhouse founder George Zimmer also contributed green to legalize weed in California, donating $170,000 and $2 million, respectively.
The Marijuana Policy Project, whose board consists of a laundry list of celebrities like comedian Bill Maher, punk rock legend Jello Biafra, actor Jack Black, and comedian Tommy Chong, were responsible for funding 36 percent of the organization’s funding in 2012, according to the MMP’s financial report. Those donations accounted for 1,312,500 of the foundation’s total 2012 revenue of $3,569,899.
Another organization proving the influence behind the strength of marijuana reform is NORML, a 40-year-old outfit dedicated to changing public opinions of marijuana and legalizing it across the nation. Recently, the group organized a boycott against Kellogg’s when the company decided to sever their endorsement with Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps after photos of the swimmer smoking marijuana came into the public eye. NORML was able to twist the arm of the billion-dollar company and get them to reinstate sponsorships.
Recent reports show that many political candidates are receiving support from weed-friendly contributors. In fact, an article published on OpenSecrets notes that the Marijuana Policy Project “is also the top organization lobbying on the issue, with more than 72 marijuana mentions in filings since 2006,” supporting four senatorial campaigns in 2010 and several Democratic House races.
Your turn! It takes a lot of money to finance a successful campaign, and small donations made to your local pot-friendly political candidates are very important. In fact, just this week, I donated a whopping $4.20 to Bill Levin for Indiana State Representative District 96 in 2014. The figure seemed appropriate.
What America isn’t understanding is that this is social engineering at it’s finest. Those who laundered money for the cartels, has been pushing drug legalization, including heroin since the 90’s.
http://www.aim.org/special-report/the-hidden-soros-agenda-drugs-money-the-media-and-political-power/
http://rt.com/news/156128-afghanistan-drugs-usa-heroin/
We need a boot in our faces so we will do the right thing.
We thought Obama was a Marxist. He was bought and paid for, just like Chavez to turn us into a Narco Nation. There is no War on Drugs, and the deception taking place is beyond most people’s comprehension. Especially the internationally ignorant Libertarians.
What America isn’t understanding is that this is social engineering at it’s finest. Those who laundered money for the cartels, has been pushing drug legalization, including heroin since the 90’s.
http://www.aim.org/special-report/the-hidden-soros-agenda-drugs-money-the-media-and-political-power/
http://rt.com/news/156128-afghanistan-drugs-usa-heroin/
The Lear jet leftists expect to form the core of the global Inner Party. There they will continue to enjoy the finest foods and most advanced gadgets the world has to offer — while deciding your fate for you.
A drug addled populace suits their purposes just fine.
So those one-percenters are like, not, like all bad, man? Far out, dude! Like, party on!/s;)
So to prevent the state from turning us into a drug addled populous we need to empower the state to watch our every movement.
Have you really thought this through?
Proud to be associated with a Nazi operative and felon, I take it.
I personally think this is an attempt to turn as many Americans into lazy, apathetic, enablers of the Communist/Agenda 21 takeover of America. Stoners don't resist when the Communists are knocking down their door, as their appetite for liberty is all but gone up in smoke.
Is that along the lines of what your take is?
“Our marijuana laws are clearly doing more harm than good… Regulating and taxing marijuana would simultaneously save taxpayers billions of dollars in enforcement and incarceration costs, while providing many billions of dollars in revenue annually.”
No surprise at all. George Soros conspiring to legalize drugs, raise your taxes and put hardworking law enforcement officers out of work. At the same time force marijuana on the American people and not just the deadbeat thugs that now waste their lives getting stoned, but to the American suburbs and our colleges.
NORML, a 40-year-old outfit dedicated to changing public opinions of marijuana
As long as pot makes one high the Public won’t want their surgeons, bus drivers and baby sitters smoking pot before & during their job. Legalizing it won’t make it normal.
Seems plausible, since the 1% turned us all gay.
So government has to DO something. Only the State can save us. And that is how we end up in a statist nightmare.
Our population is plenty addled enough without drugs, which only makes it worse.
The state won’t need to give people drugs in order for them to debilitate themselves.
It only has to remove restrictions on the drug trade.
Only government stands between us and utter depravity.
The truth is exactly the opposite.
Unreported crime is still crime, but it doesn't count if the stats aren't there, so the record will show less of an increase in burglary and theft than has actually occurred.
That said, I am not in favor of a militarized police force breaking down doors, shooting dogs, and generally trashing Constitutional Rights of Americans, either.
However, add in the failure to secure the border, the tacit permission for drug cartels to bring in vast quantities of drugs, and the moral decay that makes fertile ground for the implantation and growth of further decadence, the situation will prove unmanageable if legalization is permitted.
If you consider that the attention to detail needed in high tech manufacturing will likely not be present in a drug using population, that will not be conducive to either economic recovery, nor regaining any solid economic base--other than producing and dealing drugs.
Considering that drug dealing is really a socioeconomically parasitic profession, providing no lasting value to the economy nor society, and the complications thereof tend to be severe, mere legalization and regulation will be scoffed at, as will taxes.
So even the governments which think they will benefit from additional revenue will find the downside potential is far greater than the upside.
Demanding the government use force of arms against people doing something you do not approve of is not something a small government conservative does. A RINO, like an anti-gun democrat, needs a group to demonize.
The state should be there to protect Life, both born and unborn, protect us from enemies foreign and domestic which would include Drugs like heroin, meth, marijuana and high powered LSD.
Giving up on the War on Drugs would be no different than it we had given up on the war on communism.
We must protect our country from invasion, whether to be an army of communist or bales of drugs coming in from Mexico.
But you realize that the Phamaceutical Sector (you know: the people who make all those mind-altering drugs) and the Alcohol and Tobacco Sector (you know...) account for a sizable portion of GNP, jobs, and tax revenue.
Oh, now I understand what you mean: You're only arbitrarily against some drugs!
Regards,
But not alcohol or tobacco... What justification is there for differentiating?
We must protect our country from invasion, whether to be an army of communist or bales of drugs coming in from Mexico.
So, you have absolutely no problem with home-grown marijuana? Well, that's a relief!
Regards,
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