To: MrLeRoy
I would beg to differ...
WOD has created more social outcasts, dependents on government largess, and general sucking of tax dollars, so making it to have been the largest drain on our society since WW2!
30 posted on
09/22/2003 10:35:20 AM PDT by
pageonetoo
(in God I trust, not the g'umt!)
To: pageonetoo; harrym
since the War On Some Drugs has no demonstrable effect on the functioning of society as a whole, but does intrude on individuals' rights, it is not a conservative policy.I would beg to differ...
WOD has created more social outcasts, dependents on government largess, and general sucking of tax dollars, so making it to have been the largest drain on our society since WW2!
You're right---I should have said "the War On Some Drugs has no demonstrable POSITIVE effect on the functioning of society as a whole."
34 posted on
09/22/2003 10:38:30 AM PDT by
MrLeRoy
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