A Big Mistake In Obama's War on Medical Marijuana

Legalizing marijuana isn't my #1 concern, but all of these issues are interconnected with the top issue we are constantly being told by the media is the only concern of the electorate, and determinant of the outcome of the election (the economy).

FWIW, I don't partake, but others who do can't get their medical marijuana without the risk of running afoul of the law and resulting in everything from incarceration to fines, all costly.  The cost to me as a citizen (diverted law enforcement from real crimes, violent and other, court resourses, prison costs) is huge.

Neither Obama nor Romney will deliver on any issue important to the 99%.  This is just one of many issues where Obama's hypocrisy and deceitfulness is apparent for all to see.

How Obama has handled the massive problems is EXACTLY how Republican­s would've handled them (and how BushCheney was handling them).  Obama's not governing as he had promised or as a real Democrat would've.

The real shame, the real tragedy for all of us is that Obama could have been a transcende­nt president, good for both business AND the People.  It would've answered just about all of the problems Obama found himself facing, left to him by BushChene­y.

Job creation possibilit­ies were lost when the real reform proposed by SinglePayerUniversalHealthcare advocates was eliminated from even getting a seat at the table, and Obama chose to preserve an anachronis­tic, expensive and failed insurance industry and employer-p­rovided system for medical care, which is government­-sanctione­d racketeeri­ng.

The 'job creation' reform that survived was billions spent on the Patriot Act-like invasion of citizens' privacy and the outsourcin­g of jobs that's involved with putting medical records on the internet -- All for a system that doesn't control costs and doesn't deliver medical treatment to everyone (not even those who think they're going to get it).  

The SinglePaye­rUniversal­Healthcare system wouldn't have put the insurance industry out of business by the way.  It would've been a two-tiered system: Basic coverage for everyone and boutique coverage for those willing to pay for it. So nobody had to worry about poor Big Insurance and Pharma -- There would've been work for all. Big Insurance and Pharma would just had to have made smarter gambles, with no taxpayer bailouts.

Whether it's shelving environmental regulations or amping up executive powers to where presidents can kill American citizens with no due process, Obama hasn't done jack for me or any of the 99%.  Hoping he'll deliver to us after the election is too late; before the election is when the deals are cut, the alliances forged.  That's why I keep telling Obama's 'most ardent supporters' that by assuring him that they're with him no matter what, they let him dismiss their issues and them.
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