If only there were some popular product that’s currently a drain on government budgets but completely untaxed, that could be made legal and taxed with minimal social disruption.

Why, so it could end up like cigarettes? Or worse yet, it would put the government in a position of encouraging drug use so it could raise more revenue. I don’t care if someone gets high in their own house, but let’s get real here, most people that do it on a regular basis are lazy morons.

The biggest joke about the story (at least as reported in AP) is that the 1% budget increase is actually described uncritically as a spending cut.

Personally, I am at the point where I don’t give a damn anymore. Why are we wasting time trying to fix what is broken beyond repair? I feel that no matter what we do the whole damn system is going to fly apart (maybe I am more anxious than most because of the situation here in California).

I would rather spend my energy protecting my immediate family.