If President Trump wants to help American businesses, he should start by legalizing marijuana
Election Day 2016 awarded mixed fortunes for proponents of marijuana legalization. Pot measures passed in eight states, including California, bringing the number of states with access to some form of legal marijuana to 28. But the glee subsided as it became clear Donald Trump would be president, and fear set in that the progress gained for legalization during President Obama’s eight years would be rolled back.
These fears quickly mounted when Trump tapped Sen. Jeff Sessions to be his attorney general, an outspoken drug reform opponent who, in the 1980s, famously joked about the Ku Klux Klan — “I thought those guys were OK until I learned they smoked pot.” During his confirmation hearings, Sessions didn’t rule out reinstating federal enforcement on the national marijuana ban, departing from the Obama administration’s position of staying out of states’ business.
Trump doesn’t seem to have a problem differing with his cabinet appointees on a variety of issues, and marijuana may be no different. It’s understood he nominated Sessions because they share a tough immigration stance, not necessarily Sessions’ views on drugs. Trump himself has been all over the board on pot, expressing support for medical marijuana but also concerns about Colorado, where it’s recreationally legal. He generally seems to favor leaving it up to the states to decide.
Sure, it’s hard to picture Trump as marijuana’s champion. Unlike the last three presidents, Trump claims he’s never toked. He doesn’t drink, he orders his steak well-done and it’s unlikely anyone will ever pass a blunt to the self-described germaphobe.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-trump-sessions-marijuana-legalization-20170202-story.html
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Listening to John Prine, eating local pizza, having spent all day in my shop working on an exquisite table, had a few local beers at the Pubs with old friends, talked about how great the coming year will be, acknowledged our continued opposition to situations around us with discussion of planned events to change what we can, opened my DU and what would appear
Life is good, we know we are right, and our love will prevail.
With many thanks to FrankfurtCat.
Definitely not in a stupor nor compliant about one fucking thing
... he can start by moving the manufacture of his own goods (from Trump-branded merchandise to every towel, bedsheet, tablecloth, stick of furniture et al that fill his hotels) back to the States.
There isn't a SINGLE THING that bears the Trump label that ISN'T made in a low-wage, offshore country. It's unfortunate (aka "dumb as all fuck"
that his adherents haven't noticed that the jobs he promised to "bring back" have been outsourced for decades by the man they voted for.
