James Frazer: Yes I'm Boring.

"With a recession in sight, the case for legalizing marijuana and taxing it for government revenue seems more practical than ever."

Why do I keep reading this nonsense? Who are these doublethink fools who keep advocating this nonsense? Our financial troubles cannot be remedied by taxes. Taxes don't create wealth, production does; taxes only serve to steal wealth from those who create it (in this case drug dealers).

Furthermore, nobody ever advocated higher or newer taxes before. Our problems stem from too much government spending and too much macroeconomic meddling, and increasing either is doubtful to fix the problem. Why don't we start addressing the cause of our problems instead of trying to offload the costs on someone else?

posted at: 16:25 | path: /Ideas | permanent link to this entry