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In article <CzMt28.34E@tandem.com>,
bennett_richard <rbennett@loc3.tandem.com> wrote:
>L. William Franke articulated the view that:
>> Daniel Brockman (PacSer@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
>
>> : efficient, more useful and more easily done just to revoke the 
>> : immigration laws and allow unrestricted immigration into the US?
>> easily revoke all the other laws that so ineffectively, inefficently,
>Only a half-crazy idea.  Half the people in prisons in the US are there 
>for violating drug laws.  Revoke those, license drug dealers, and you 

On immigration:  These people come here because there are jobs
that most "legal" citizens don't want to do.  Many of them pay taxes
then don't file for refunds that they would otherwise be entitled to.
Some of them exploit the social welfare system but this pales next
to the fraudulent Worker's Comp and other scams pulled off by citizens.
Immigrants hold down production costs in many industries, including
agriculture, and we all benefit from this.  

On drugs:  400,000 people die in the US each year from tobacco use,
100,000 people die each year in the US from alcohol, not including
traffic fatalities from alcohol related accidents.  Less than 1000
people die each year in the US from ALL other drugs combined.
Tobacco and alcohol are legal ONLY because they are so widely used and
the political/economic consequences of making them illegal would be so
massive.  The hysteria associated with drug use is encouraged because
some segments of society with power and influence benefit from
keeping illegal drugs illegal, just don't mess with THEIR drugs.

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