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Michael paints a gloomy picture of life in the big city. Yeah, well, big cities have big problems. But what are you going to do about it? Michael wants to stop the flow of illicit drugs into the US. Good luck with that. The government has been ruining countless people's lives since forever. I don't see anything changing anytime soon. Anyway, it prompted me to comment, and since I don't know whether it will ever see the light of day, I copy-pasted it here:
Securing the southern border, even if you could do it, is not going to do anything to reduce the drug problem. At best everything the DEA does simply insures that drug prices remain high enough that the drug dealers are making a good profit.
If you want to stop overdose deaths, end the COVID-19 lockdowns and put people back to work.
If you want to stop the production of fentanyl, you might want to think about making heroin legal. I mean, making it illegal hasn’t done anything to stop people using it. Of course, making it legal might very well cut into the American drug cartels’ profits, and we can’t have that.
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Bravo. Exactly. How come so few people understand this?
Several European countries have made prostitution and drugs legal. It changed nothing.
When prostitution was legalized, not all form of it were. Child prostitution for example, or sexual torture and bondage. Furthermore, trafficking children and women as sex slaves continued. All this occurred because illegal prostitution is more profitable than legal is: no taxes, no wages, no fringe benefits, no medical care, no limits on what the customer can do to the prostitute.
The same is true of drugs, and has been proven by several states and European countries. Not all drugs are legalized. They are taxed and regulated. Sales points are limited. So illegal drug operations continue, because the unregulated, untaxed product is cheaper to the consumer, and it is more profitable than the legal product.
I do not object to legalizing either prostitution or drugs, but don't be so naive as to think that would solve any problems. There is an abundance of evidence that it won't.
PS. A few years back, a woman in Germany was denied unemployment benefits because she wouldn't take a job as a prostitute, such jobs being legal in Germany.
Ah yes, taxes. Marijuana is legal here in Oregon, but the taxes are so high that the black market continues to flourish. If memory serves, a quarter ounce of legal pot costs about $75 but a quarter ounce from you friendly neighborhood dealer is about $20. I don't know whether taxes are so high because of aggregate stupidity of our government, or because they are protecting the American drug cartel.
There are 19 Cricket wireless dealers in Philly but that picture doesn't look like any of them
Hmm. I couldn't tell, I don't think I've ever been to Philadelphia. From the supports arching out over the road it looks like they are underneath a highway or a train. Is there an elevated train in Philly?
Yes elevated trains.
There was a video that I skipped over: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOBoDT-3oM0
Found the place: shorturl.at/alHNY
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