(01-04-2018, 08:04 PM)Last42min Wrote: Yeah. I have a theory that the tax plan was designed to hurt wealthy liberals. If California can offset some of their tax burden by legalizing pot, it won't have the desired effect, namely, penalizing rich liberals. I try to be careful with my speculations, because I don't think of Trump as some forward-thinking, political wizard. Resentment is the most likely cause. It's hard for me to not look for a rational reason for policy, though.

Its is so ironic that the left complains that the tax cuts don't help the 'middle' class with their cap on state taxs at 10k. Only someone in a very high income bracket/property tax bracket pays that much. Its the 'rich' paying their fair share. Just what they wanted right?

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(01-05-2018, 12:38 AM)TJBender Wrote:

(01-04-2018, 11:59 PM)MalabarJag Wrote: Unfortunately it was necessary. This is just one of many cases where the Trump administration rescinded a policy that Obama and/or his staff put forth illegally without congressional approval. Laws need to be passed (and repealed) by congress.

Hopefully this puts pressure on congress to repeal the federal ban on marijuana. This is not Pub vs. Dem (note that the Dem majority in 2009 never addressed this), or Conservative vs. Progressive, this is Authoritarian vs. Libertarian. It's a stupid law that needs to be repealed, but it needs to be done through the method spelled out in the Constitution.

And we both know that's not why Sessions is doing this.

Agree, he is a huge believer in the war on drugs. And frankly, that didn't work. One needs only look at Portugal to see there are other better ways to tackle drug addiction and traffic.

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