Legalization of marijuana is a good first step toward fixing this.
As soon as I see that phrase I know everything proposed is liberal BS.
Bring back hanging for most crimes, problem solved.
We need to take the profit out of prisons. No more private prisons, no more prison guard unions. The taxpayers are the ones getting raped in this prison movie.
Discourage? Yes.
Act like nazis on krystalnacht? NO!
So what really happened to cause our prisons to have so many more prisoners than before
Making marijuana legal led to the use of harder drugs.
Allowing people who have never read our Constitution, or could understand it if they could, to become citizens.
Make the hangings an all prisoners must watch. Broadcast on the evening news.
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
well-intended but tragically unsuccessful War on Drugs”
The War on Drugs is working exactly as planned and intended, anyone that believes that it was or is unsuccessful is just plain Stupid. The problem is Most People have no idea what “The War on Drugs” was ever about in the first place. It was, is and always has been about Power,Control, And MONEY.
85%-90% of ALL “Controlled Substances” not available by Prescription come into the United States from our Southern Border with Mexico. 3/4ths of All Government at ALL LEVELS, city,county,state,federal are Directly Involved in the “War on Drugs”. We currently have a “Federally Protected” Smuggling Zone in Nogales, Americans are Forbidden.
Every Major Financial Institution in the US has been Fined for Laundering money for the Cartels. None of this could happen without the full support of those in Government, unless you can name a business that does Billions of Dollars a month in CASH SALES besides Costco or Walmart.
It could not be done without GOVERNMENT APPROVAL.
The War on Drugs is a Tyrants Wet Dream, and has turned the US into a Fascist State. Just ask yourself what would happen to the War on Drugs if we actually had Real Border Security?? Who would Fire 3 out of 4 Gestapo Agents? what about the Supreme Rulers in Black dresses carrying hammers, Probation Departments, Prisons, Guards, Entire Government Agencies would be wiped out overnight, Thousands of Small businesses that provide services to these agencies and people would vanish, Millions and Millions of Government Employees would be unemployed overnight. Who would hire them? What would they do? All they know is Fascism, and How to Violate the rights of their fellow man and steal his property using civil asset forfeiture laws.
If the War on Drugs was about Drugs, Barry Soetero has admitted PUBLICLY TO NUMEROUS FELONIES as well as most of CONGRESS, shouldn’t they be Tried, Convicted and then Executed or at Least Jailed for LIFE for their ADMITTED FELONIES in the WAR on DRUGS in which THEY ARE WAGING on their Fellow Man??? Would that be considered TREASON?? President signed an Executive Order Declaring a ‘War on Drugs” Congress immediately passed Legislation to the Same. Sounds like Treason to me. ANd I will leave you with this, and it is verifiable, you can look it up.
Attorney General William French Smith under President Reagan, went before CONGRESS and asked for and RECEIVED a WAIVER to Import and SELL COCAINE in the US to FINANCE their War in Nicaragua. But hey This Attorney General provided weapons to the CARTELS and also Laundered their Drug Money.
In my opinion prisons are not an effective solution, in-fact they make things worse, weak non-violent prisoners become targets of sexual assault and come out mentally damaged and more likely to commit another crime, especially since it’s hard for them to find work.
Depending on the crime the punishment should be death or forced restitution to the victims (or forced drug treatment, whatever is needed). Only a small number of people are too dangerous to be let free who don’t also deserve to die. Line em up against a wall.