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Where to even start...

First things first, if there was to ever be a SOCIALIST (since it is Socialism that everyone is talking about in this debate, and not Communism) take over, by the time the American people realized it, we would all be living it. Once said Socialism is in place, we won't be able to remove it, not by forming uprisings, or any idiotic idea like that.

I personally would not stand up against a Socialist formation as I would rather be able to live my life, even with restrictions, rather then be brutally tortured, and then executed on a public stand to be seen as an example to the people.

No, you wouldn't be able to say whatever you wanted, but that doesn't mean everything would be shut down or removed from your lives, it just means it would be under governmental control. As in, say whatever you like, as long as it does not suggest or imply in any way that we govern you, or that you would like to change the form of government. Not a bad idea, but definitely not the best.

-Now we're talking about Communism-

A Communist country is NOT a bad idea. A country where the government has little to no interaction with much of anything and allows everyone to share in all things equally, how can that be wrong? All people work for the same reason, to benefit their country, their people, their home, whatever you want to call it, as it should be. If you choose to live somewhere, you should be willing to die for that home, or your neighbor, or your ideals, and so on. Once you initially finish school, you would have three beneficial options to choose from, enter the work force, go to college and then enter the work force, or enter the military. Any way you choose would eventually allow you to benefit your country. And if you felt you didn't want to do any of those and wanted to be a bump on a log, you could go do it in some other country.

Health Care would be paid for by what little interaction the government has, because doctors could not start their own practice and choose to overcharge you by hundreds of dollars. All for the benefit of the peoples of this country. Sounds horrible, doesn't it?

No one is asking you to change your ideals. They're just asking you to set them aside for the personal gain of your country and your brethren. Let the United States become a world wide super power again once communism straightens the country out. The rate of decline in the united states sees us heading rapidly towards being a 3rd world country, maybe not as bad as many of the others, but certainly much worse then we once were.

I do not want our country to become a Socialist country, nor do I want it to be a Communist country, that's not what I am saying. I do feel it would be beneficial in equality with Communism though, and I do feel it would bring the United States back up on the pedestal we originally created for ourselves.

Personally, I like the ability to step on the fingers and toes of my peers and become rich from other peoples ideas and faults. It's not hard to make a living in the United States and become part of that Upper Class that everyone dreams of living, you just have to have the intelligence for it, oh, and you can't have a soul either.

Completely joking on that last note about the soul... But to be 'fair' to everyone, communism would be more beneficial then allowing everyone to strive towards goals that very few people ever reach. If you take away that ability to strive towards unattainable goals, you correct the problem, and people will eventually get use to it. Generations of being born into Communism will grow up learning to live not for yourself but for everyone else and will have no reason to hate it like the original generations that have to deal with the transition will feel in the beginning. Once the idea of equality for all has truly taken root, people will agree that it is best for everyone.

And as for the Socialist idea, it would be beneficial too, or a strict Dictatorship... but Communism is definitely the way to go.

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When it comes to my point of view on the legalization of Marijuana I believe that there is no reason what so ever for it to remain illegal.

I'm not going to go into detail explaining what many have already said, about the medical uses, stress relief, etc, but when it comes to the profit that could be made this way, an enormous amount of opportunities open up.

First thing that comes to mind with the legal sale of Marijuana is tax. Why have a tax other then sales tax? Hell, why not? Are you not willing to pay that extra amount to be able to legally smoke? Is that extra tax not worth being able to sit in clear view and toke it up without worrying about going to jail if you're caught? Of course it is!

Realistically, we could add the Cigarette tax from each state onto a package of Joints. 4 average rolled joints at $10 + tax. Sure, you're getting slightly less than a dime's worth, but again, that extra amount is more than worth it.

If marijuana was to be considered for legalization, and lets say they were to use Texas as the Beta-State, a package of 4 joints would cost $11.41 after tax. Lets say Joe goes through the average dime in about 2 days. That's 178 dime bags in a year. As of now that would cost him $1780, and it would cost $2030.98 if it was legalized and taxed. That is $250.98 more than he would normally pay for a slightly less amount of weed. About .1 gram per package to be exact, on average.

That is $250.98 in profit to the government, in 1 year, from 1 man. That means slightly under 4000 people (3985) would allow the government to make a profit of one million dollars.

Did I mention that is in addition to the money saved yearly on arrest and court costs? Imagine this... 6458 (adjusted for the California cigarette tax) people in California smoke marijuana once it has become legalized. That's $1 million in profit, in addition to saving the $100 million that it is estimated to spend yearly on arrest and court costs. I'm failing to see the problem with this idea.

On a large scale, I think I read somewhere about 10% of the American population admitted to smoking marijuana. The last estimated count was about 303.8 million people in the US, so 30.38 million have admitted to regular use. The average tax on cigarettes around the US is about $.53 per pack, at even just 1 dime per week, equals to an average profit of $837.27 million dollars annually.

This estimate does not include the millions of Americans who did not admit to their regular use, nor to the hundreds of millions that would be saved on arrest and court costs.

In addition, think of all the new job openings of adding several large scale marijuana plantations. Hundreds of job possibilities open up, allowing the percentage of jobless adults to decrease. Hell, make a few new college courses about Marijuana History, Growing Marijuana, the Cultivation of Marijuana. Easily opening up new job opportunities for people to strive for. Sure, it's not the perfect job, but if you can convince people to go to school for it, and make a college degree required to work on the plantation, I bet it would convince hundreds of students to return to school with their career choice in mind.

All of these are just estimates and I have no way of knowing any exacts. But as my estimates are reasonable, and pretty close to being exact with the information I've researched, even if it didn't provide an adequate source to replace paper products, or medical uses, or any of the other dozen + things that marijuana is useful for, the profit in taxes and the annual savings in court costs and the job opportunities more than justify the legalization of marijuana.

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