Build more prisons and actually enforce the law. Too many people get a slap on the wrist because our jails are overcrowded. Instead of releasing them or "legalizing" illegal substances - just make more room for the criminals and as a bonus more jobs will be created.
Funniest post ever from you, Giga. You totaly lash out at my healthcare plan and say you don\'t want to pay taxes for people being lazy asses and somehow "swindeling" a healthcare for all system, yet you would be willing to pay far more taxes for more prisons, more guards, and invest more land to feed, clothe, and care for far more prisoners. That\'s f*cking beautiful. You\'re awesome man. You\'d care for people who break the law and pay more money for them on a daily basis then to pay for other people getting taken care of who are law abiding citizens. That\'s sweet.
3) Legalize Marijuana and Decriminalize some of the other drugs.
I agree with legalizing marijuana. I don\'t use any controlled substances myself personally, but marijuana is going to be grown and used no matter what so if people are going to use it no matter what, you might as well legalize it and tax the crap out of it. It\'s a source of revenue for the country that we should be exploiting, not throwing money at to get rid of.
On that note, prostitution should also be legalized. It\'s going to happen anyways whether we like it or not, we might as well clean it up and make it something that\'s safe to do, designate sections of a city or of a state for that sort of thing and tax the crap out of it and regulate it. Just another source of revenue we should be rightfully exploiting.
I think increasing incentives to join the military is where it\'s at. These guys willingly do a job protecting a ton of people, especially on this board, who would otherwise outright refuse to. That takes a lot of balls to sign up when you know in six months you\'re going to be put into harms way right out the gate with some of the worst benefits, worst pay, and worst working conditions on the planet even though the job is probably one of the most important on the face of the Earth.
I think instead of making these horrible "benefits" staples of our volunteer military, we should be increasing them dramatically to make serving an option for anyone that is heavily considered by everyone. Increase their pay. There\'s no reason some pencil pusher should be making five times the amount these guys make by simply crunching numbers. I don\'t think a high five figure salary should be out of the question -- somewhere between 75 and 90k as a standard GI starting pay with the rates differing in rank in a unit.
Increase health benefits (provided we don\'t have a unified health care system by then). Extend them for their entire life, even after their tour of duty is completed and add it to their immediate family including their children and their wives or their parents. I don\'t see why this couldn\'t be done as it\'s just probably one of the biggest incentives to join the military in the first place given over %50 of the nation is without any healthcare already.
Extend college benefits to the soldier AND to their children. There\'s no reason why this shouldn\'t be done as well as a soldier is essentialy fighting for the futures of so many and what better way to make due on that incentive to join then to offer immediate results to their immediate family.
Just what I think anyways.
