Keith it may be bullshit and I don't know what method on how they could determine this. it's alleged that cannibis is the number one cash crop in the US.
On Nov 12, 2016 9:39 AM, "Keith In Tampa" <[email protected]> wrote: > I do too, although I don't necessarily understand the plank regarding > cannibis, and how this somehow ties into the economic revitalization of our > economy. I do agree that the entire war on drugs is a farce, and should be > left to the several States. > > > > On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 10:19 AM, geoffrey theist <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I agree >> >> On Nov 12, 2016 7:33 AM, "MJ" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> *7 Things Trump Must Do *[*Originally published July 17, 2016. This >>> letter was published during the campaign by Joseph Salerno, Mark Thornton >>> and 25 other economists.*] >>> >>> >>> *An Open Letter to Donald Trump *We the undersigned urge you, the >>> presumptive Republican nominee for President, to support a rebirth of >>> free-market capitalism in the U.S. You have said repeatedly that you want >>> to make America great again. We agree with you. And we assert that the most >>> effective way to start that process would be to affirm your principled >>> support for economic liberty, for open and competitive markets, and for a >>> foreign policy that rejects both protectionism at home and interventionism >>> abroad. >>> >>> Over the last two decades especially, the U.S. economy has been saddled >>> increasingly with burdensome government rules and regulations that stifle >>> innovation and retard economic growth. Some of the more obvious examples >>> are the massive command and control system put in place under the >>> Affordable Care Act (ACA); the enactment of purposely mislabeled “free >>> trade” agreements (such as NAFTA) that actually have harmed some U.S. >>> businesses and destroyed jobs while subsidizing other politically connected >>> firms; the failed so-called “War on Drugs” which wastes private and public >>> resources and contributes to rising violent crime rates; and the expansion >>> of inefficient and rights-violating environmental regulations that have >>> hampered productivity and increased the overall cost of doing business; >>> and, finally, the pursuit by the Federal Reserve of a pernicious >>> decade-long low-interest rate monetary policy which has (again) created a >>> massive speculative bubble in housing and on Wall Street … that is sure to >>> end badly. >>> >>> As a successful businessman, you must understand that these harmful >>> economic policies of the past must be changed by the next president and >>> Congress if the U.S. is to continue to remain efficient and prosperous. And >>> you also must understand that the key to any economic rebirth in the U.S. >>> is *not *old-fashioned Keynesian deficit spending, quantitative easing >>> by the Fed, or the enactment of higher minimum wage laws. The key to any >>> sustained economic recovery is the legal protection of private property >>> rights and the adoption of free markets where entrepreneurs, alert to price >>> and profit signals, guide scarce resources into their most productive use. >>> Below we suggest a concise list of first-order public policy changes that >>> could set the early agenda for your new administration: >>> >>> *First, the Affordable Care Act should be repealed in its entirety* >>> and, as you have already pointed out, any prohibition on interstate >>> competition in health insurance also should be repealed. Health care and >>> health care insurance should be left to the market. >>> >>> *Second, all recent thousand-page international trade agreements should >>> be replaced* with a single, clearly worded *paragraph* that allows any >>> U.S. business (or consumer) to trade with any other business (or consumer) >>> anywhere else in the world on terms that are mutually satisfactory. Period. >>> >>> *Third, you or the Congress should immediately remove cannabis >>> (marijuana) from its current Schedule One prohibition status under Federal >>> law*; cannabis and drug policy generally should be left entirely to the >>> states. (Ideally the entire Drug War should be scrapped and the production >>> and consumption by adults of any “drug” should be legalized.) >>> >>> *Fourth, the federal minimum wage should either be permanently fixed at >>> its current rate or reduced; legally minimum wages should be left entirely >>> to the states*. (Ideally, all minimum wage laws should be repealed >>> since they cause job destruction.) >>> >>> *Fifth, the U.S. corporate tax rate should be reduced* so that it is >>> the lowest (not the highest) in the industrial world; ideally, it should be >>> repealed entirely because it constitutes double taxation on shareholders of >>> corporations who also pay income tax on their dividends. >>> >>> *Sixth, the Federal Reserve should be required by law to end all forms >>> of quantitative easing and interest rate regulation* now accomplished >>> primarily through open market operations; interest rates for savers and >>> investors should be market determined. In addition, the Federal Reserve’s >>> budget should be determined by Congressional appropriations like that of >>> any other federal department or agency. >>> >>> And finally, as a long-run solution for our recurring financial problems >>> and economic recessions, replacing the current inflationary paper dollar >>> with alternative monetary arrangements that provide for a sound, >>> market-based commodity money, such as *the gold standard, should be >>> seriously considered*. >>> >>> There will be Democratic as well as (some) Republican opposition to >>> these changes. Count on it. But your job will be to hold fast to basic >>> principles and persuade the opposition that long lines at airport security >>> and rising health care costs are based on economic ideas that are totally >>> misguided. Socialism and progressivism and crony capitalism have failed >>> miserably. >>> >>> We need common sense capitalism and you now have a clear mandate to >>> initiate its rebirth. >>> >>> >>> *Sincerely, *Joseph T. Salerno, Pace University >>> Mark Thornton, Auburn University >>> Henry Thompson, Auburn University >>> Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University >>> Dominick T. Armentano, University of Hartford >>> Christopher Westley, Florida Gulf Coast University >>> Murray Sabrin, Ramapo College of New Jersey >>> Thomas Tacker, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University >>> Peter M. Kerr, Southeast Missouri State University >>> Thomas DiLorenzo, Loyola University Maryland >>> Marshall DeRosa, Florida Atlantic University >>> Walter Block, Loyola University New Orleans >>> Robert Batemarco, Fordham University >>> Samuel Bostaph, University of Dallas >>> Paul A. Cleveland, Birmingham-Southern College >>> Peter G. Klein, Baylor University >>> Thomas L. Wenck, Michigan State University >>> John B. Egger, Towson University >>> Douglas Butler, Texas Christian University >>> William N. Butos, Trinity College >>> Paul Prentice, Colorado Technical University >>> Butler Shaffer, Southwestern University Law School >>> Judd Patton, Bellevue University >>> Paul Gottfried, Elizabethtown College >>> Jim Cox, Georgia Perimeter College >>> Roger Clites, Tusculum College >>> Bruce Koerber, Divine Economy Consulting >>> >>> https://mises.org/blog/7-things-trump-must-do >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>> >>> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >>> * It's active and moderated. 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