Legalize It
Here’s three ways Obama can raise money to help with all the eventual bailouts that are inevitable.
- Legalize Online Gambling. Tax the hell out of it.
- Legalize marijuana and other recreational drugs. Tax the hell out of it.
- Legalize prostitution. Tax the hell out of it.
These would raise funds for the federal and state governments just like tobacco and liquor. It’s not something the Republicans could ever pull off, but a Democrat could. I realize all three of these will require extensive government regulation, but the taxes could pay for that. When I say tax it, I mean like 100%. Make it legal and expensive.
I think this is the Libertarian coming out in me.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:40 am
#1 will never happen because someone somewhere will mention ‘think of all the gambling children’.
#2 will never happen because someone somewhere will realize someone else may actually be enjoying themselves.
#3 see #2.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Everything the gov’t puts their hands on turns to crap! Better to keep these three items undergound than to let the gov’t “F-it” all up.
How about killing all the wasteful spending on things like: presidential campaigns that last 2 years, federal housing, the IRS (taxes are a must, but this agency is completely disfunctional), etc.
Could you imagine all the committee’s that would arise to investigate the pros and cons of legalizing prostitution….
Condom Committee – charged with finding the perfect one-size fits all condom for gov’t approval, which color condom is most appealing, etc.
The Pull-Out Committee – charged with examing the benefits of just pulling out in order to off-set the rising costs in condom regulation.
The Investigative Committee regarding Legalized Prostitution – charged with dealing with the crisis of unwanted pregnancies and massive rises in STD cases due to the back-firing of the instituted Rule of Pull-Out.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
1. I don’t know how current, but most of the ones I used are siphoned out of the country and therefore we could get tax money and I could bet on horses without rigmarole again. For it.
2. What would Cyress Hill do? Legalize it. Just another prohibition. Does not work nor make sense.
3. As the philosopher Carlin said. Selling is legal. Fucking is legal. So why isn’t selling fucking legal?
Or words to that effect.
Welcome to the dark side, James.