Mark,
this years tax revenue has already surpassed all of last year and set records.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/colorado-pot-tax-schools-hits-171816590.htmlCraig,
I see us having the highest incarceration rate in the world as a failure. We lock people up at a rate of 4 times as often as Europe. Something is not right in that equation. I find it interesting your are able to dismiss 60 Billion in annual expenses so very easily, not something I would expect from a fiscal conservative.
If I am going to be held liable then I do not want anyone running machinery in my shop under the influence of any substance legal or otherwise. One of the biggest drug related problems in this country is the abuse of prescription medication. I mention earlier loosing people close to me due to substance abuse. My close friend did not get hooked on the street corner but at his doctors office while trying to manage chronic pain. This is not an easy problem to fix nor do I think I have all the answers but I can objectively say current policy is a failure.
