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To: Dale Baker who wrote (365)	6/5/2005 9:42:43 AM
From: Dale Baker	Respond to of 544178

For the record, it's not moderate by US standards, but I would advocate the legalization, regulation and taxation of both soft drug use and prostitution tomorrow. I believe Friedman's $15 billion net gain figure for changing the marijuana policy. Taxing prostitution would bring in a few billion more. And one could guess that the law enforcement resources moved from those "crimes" to victim-oriented crimes could save us billions more in avoided damages from theft, assault, rape, murder, etc. Not to mention the drop in crimes that currently surround carrying out marijuana distribution and prostitution. Would that qualify as a libertarian view?

To: Dale Baker who wrote (365)	6/5/2005 9:46:03 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 544178

The immigration discussion I saw was mostly about money. Some immigrants provably cost a lot more than others. For example, immigrants from Austria are almost nonexistent on the welfare books, but immigrants from other countries were represented at rates as high as 50%. For me it's all about money and statistics, and I'd like to see some rational planning using costs and statistics. We are already multiracial, so I have no interest in debating that. I do think our immigration policy could be a lot more rational and selective- and the policy of letting people drag over their old parents and dump them on welfare is stupid (imo). Canada's immigration policy was mentioned in the discussion I watched, and apparently there immigration policy is better, at least according to the gentleman who wrote the book.