Still-a-VWfan t1_iwnqbpd wrote
If only the state senate GOP would think of all that tax revenue they could steal with legalization.
Mijbr090490 OP t1_iwnr3o5 wrote
The money they are getting from lobbyists representing police and prisons must be pretty good.
mtelesha t1_iwoji98 wrote
It's not that much money it is political suicide to be seen as weak on crime. So we end up with crazy three strikes your out laws via Bill Clinton.
bcarter3 t1_ix7c6l4 wrote
"via Bill Clinton"
I know the DSA crowd around Bernie Sanders loves to blame everything bad on Bill Clinton, but the Three Strike law was passed by the Senate with 95 senators voting in favor. Two Democrats and two Republicans voted against it, and one senator didn't vote.
Bernie Sanders himself voted for it in the House of Representatives, so I guess you can blame him for this "crazy three strikes your [sic] out law".
mtelesha t1_ix7q6ju wrote
Well it was Bill Clinton as the leader of the DNC and also signed the law into effect. He still claims it was a good bill and blames local and state governments.
https://www.factcheck.org/2016/04/bill-clinton-and-the-1994-crime-bill/
bcarter3 t1_ixai3ma wrote
I believe you misunderstand how government works.
The President is not the leader of the DNC. In 1994-1995, the Chairs of the Democratic National Committee were David Wilhelm, (1993–1994), and Debra DeLee, (1994–1995).
The DNC does not set policy for the Democratic party, nor does it dictate how a member of the party must vote.
As mentioned in my original post, the Three Strike law was passed by the Senate with 95 senators voting in favor. Even if the President had wanted to veto the bill, which he did not, any veto would be easily overridden by the nearly unanimous members of the Senate who supported the bill, and seen as an attempt to deny the will of the people.
mtelesha t1_ixb024n wrote
I think you fail to understand that the chair of any political party is in charge of anything passed in legislation. At most they set up party's platform.
Bill Clinton was super proud of this legislation. He claimed victory.
psufan34 t1_iwpobna wrote
Yea, the GOP would rather that money go into their own pockets rather than to fund public services and education.
pa_bourbon t1_iwodkrj wrote
Imagine the military grade equipment the PSP could buy when they divert the weed tax to them.
w0rstn4m33v3r t1_iwogjgc wrote
> military grade
the military goes with the lowest bidder, a.k.a. cheapest
a-german-muffin t1_iwq0nc6 wrote
Eh, cheapest that can deliver to spec. It's not like they're building F-22s out of tinfoil and plywood.
w0rstn4m33v3r t1_iwq4g1v wrote
Being former Air Force you might have picked the worst example to justify your argument. The F-22 went way above budget because it kept breaking.
a-german-muffin t1_iwq516v wrote
I mean, I could've picked the KC-46, but that just seems unfair.
But yeah, the Raptor's got it's problems — but none are because it's built cheap to begin with.
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