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To: Cola Can who wrote (6837)	6/2/2004 12:48:42 PM
From: Rock_nj	Respond to of 20039

Regrettably, I agree. Ironically, even though Libertarians see themselves as pragmatists, looking for sensible solutions, they're really often pie-in-the-sky idealists, because they don't take into account the way their sensible solutions would affect things in the real world that we all live. The powers that be aren't going to change a policy and relinquish a profitable trade just because it's the sensible thing to do. Which is exactly why the Libertarians have a snowball's chance in hell at winning a national election. The last thing the powers that be, the rich folk who run America, want is a bunch of idealistic Libertarians proposing sensible solutions and solving our problems. I mean, for all the rhetoric about limited government and balanced budgets, the Republicans (the party that's suppossed to stand for that sort of thing), does a remarkable job expanding government's scope and funding. And, that's just what the powers that be want. Who do you think makes all that money off this excessive government spending? Do they want a bunch of idealists ruining their gravy train? Hell no! The drug trade is an excellent example. I totally agree with the Libertarian POV on drugs. They should be legalized and regulated, even hard drugs. People that want drugs are going to find them whether they're legal or not. It's their hugely inflated expense that causes so much drug related violence. Legalization would eliminate drug violence as we know it. But, as you point out the U.S. government has a vested interest in the drug trade. Anyone who thinks this is just crazy talk, should look up the book written about the CIA involvement in herion trafficing in the 1960s and 1970s during Nam. Also, the CIA actually admitted in Congressional testimony about seven years ago that they funded the Contras with money derived from the cocaine trade from Central America into the U.S. It's all in black and white for everyone to read. How many other black op projects are funded with drug money? The U.S. government has many reasons for keeping drugs illegal like the lucractive trade that they can access anytime they need funds for a black op project, protecting human health is very low on that list of priorities.