California can legalize all it wants but...

[SHRED]

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"I have to say that there was one question that was voted on that ranked fairly high, and that was whether legalizing marijuana would improve the economy and job creation," Obama said off-handedly at the town hall. "I don't know what that says about the online audience."

"The answer is no, I do not think that is a good strategy to grow our economy," Obama said to laughter from the town hall participants.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/26/obama-marijuana-is-not-a-good-strategy-to-spur-economy/?fbid=8WIXXRASUtq


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What an ABSURD statement considering what industrial hemp could bring financially to this nation.

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[kestrel91316]

1. Alcohol provides a huge flow of tax dollars into the economy.

Pot would do the same. Anybody who thinks otherwise is blind in one eye and can't see out of the other.

[mitchtv]

2. that was annoying

and insulting, but not suprising

[Irishonly]

3. It's bad

Obama doesn't care about medical users despite what he said.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703648304575212382612331758.html?mod=WSJ_article_LatestHeadlines


Excerpt from article:

The reason is simple: If he steps up his pursuit of marijuana growers, his department is eligible for roughly half a million dollars a year in federal anti-drug funding, helping save some jobs. The majority of the funding would have to be used to fight pot. Marijuana may not be the county's most pressing crime problem, the sheriff says, but "it's where the money is."

Washington has long allocated funds to help localities fight crime, influencing their priorities in the process. Today's local budget squeezes are enhancing this effect, and the result is particularly striking in California, where many residents take a benign view of pot but federal dollars help keep law-enforcement focused on it.

[Blacksheep214]

4. Less alcohol

and more weed.

Attendance at work would improve also. The cost of alcohol on society doesn't even come close to pot.