Representative Rob Woodall sent me an email (well, not just me, he was advertising his next Town Hall meeting) which appears to be to promote the Republican agenda that only the richest Americans should be exempt from sacrifice.  So I shall reply with some suggestions.

(1)  Team America World Police needs to stop. Democracy cannot be imposed by Shock & Awe. Providing mercenaries for Big Oil was never a good idea, is neither “patriotic” nor “defense”, and it is totally unsustainable now.  How can blowing up Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya possibly be a higher priority than providing health care at home?

(2)  Prohibition II (narcotics department) is also a failed money pit.  Legalize marijuana and other drugs, and tax them like we do alcohol and cigarettes.  Take the profits away from the criminal gangs.  Turn tobacco farmers into hemp farmers – the rest of the plant is a lot more useful.  Put half the tax revenue towards the debt and half towards health care.  Replace “drugs are bad” with actual education about addictive behavior.  A 4000 calorie a day diet can wreck your life just as surely as abusing narcotics.  ”Things” are not good or evil, behaviors are.  Why do so many people apply that concept only to guns?

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