dagblog - Comments for "It’s Time to Legalize Pot, if Only for the Tax Revenue" http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/it-s-time-legalize-pot-if-only-tax-revenue-18898 Comments for "It’s Time to Legalize Pot, if Only for the Tax Revenue" en Over the last 6 years that I http://dagblog.com/comment/199382#comment-199382 <a id="comment-199382"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/it-s-time-legalize-pot-if-only-tax-revenue-18898">It’s Time to Legalize Pot, if Only for the Tax Revenue</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Over the last 6 years that I have been posting, I have seen no changes with regard to the number of Americans incarcerated; either in jail or prison.</p> <p>Twelve million Americans are arrested every damn year as far as I can tell and; at least in Minnesota, a traffic ticket is not an arrest. So, as I understand it, 5% of our population is arrested every damn year.</p> <p>Whether it involves the Stones or a hundred (read thousands) of white folks nationwide, Nobody of the white race is incarcerated for maryjane unless they are idiots. <span style="font-size:13px; line-height:1.6">This sounds like hyperbole but the 2.1 million folks incarcerated along with five million folks on parole or probation represents the largest number of people, by percentage or even real </span><span style="font-size:13px; line-height:1.6">numbers under the heel of the police state. Anywhere.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:13px; line-height:1.6">And these incarcerations are annual stats so that there were 2.1 million incarcerated last year and the year before and so on and so on.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:13px; line-height:1.6">Certainly, hundreds of thousands have been 'released' every year and certainly hundreds of thousands have been released from the throes of probation or parole.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:13px; line-height:1.6">So we keep seeing the same figures and that means new peeps are being arrested and incarcerated and put on probation or parole every DAMN year.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:13px; line-height:1.6">Only a percentage of these victims are recidivists.</span></p> <p>I watch white guys on TV bragging about their maryjane consumption all the time including Maher.</p> <p>And I grew up knowing that the Russian and Chinese commies arrested everyone for everything.</p> <p>THIS ISSUE BOTHERS ME GREATLY AND I HAVE POSTED BLOGS ABOUT THIS.</p> <p>Thank you for your post.</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 23 Sep 2014 08:33:00 +0000 Richard Day comment 199382 at http://dagblog.com Well...I have lined up 5 http://dagblog.com/comment/199380#comment-199380 <a id="comment-199380"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/it-s-time-legalize-pot-if-only-tax-revenue-18898">It’s Time to Legalize Pot, if Only for the Tax Revenue</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Well...I have lined up 5 "stoners" to go with me to vote in the midterms. GoTv is easy this time.  We hope to pass medical marijuana in Florida and kick out the Gov. Skeltor.  Besides Florida needs to legalize it so we can use the revenue to move Miami north to higher ground.  </p> </div></div></div> Tue, 23 Sep 2014 08:03:01 +0000 trkingmomoe comment 199380 at http://dagblog.com