I was outside just now chipping through a 1" buildup of ice in 17 degree temperatures and 30MPH winds and thought to myself: Michigan, you gotta be high to love it.
Wait a minute!
Now's the perfect time, Libertarians. The gov needs money bad. We have this insatiable need to give money to poor people and special interests. Why don't we:
1. Legalize marijuana to save on the enforcement costs
2. Encourage "marijuana tourism": tell all the potheads that Michigan is the place to spend their vacations
3. Tax the living crap out of the stuff
Jennifer Granholm is a good Democrat and a Canadian to boot. You mean to tell me she hasn't been high sometime in her life? Hell, I'm surprised she doesn't go down to the parking lot behind the Capitol building to burn one every Friday after lunch. Why not take advantage of this perfect celestial alignment to rid ourselves of the onerous, intrusive laws, the outrageous enforcement costs, and in the meantime give Michigan a new cash crop? We're at the bottom of the economic barrel, folks, it's time to start scraping. With GM close to losing the number one spot, Ford with one foot on a banana peel, and Chrysler offering $100K buyouts to anybody on the shop floor with a pulse, new manufacturers are staying away in droves.
We've achieved the point where we can't tax anything new, because there isn't anything new to tax. Our displaced factory workers are going to need jobs. Let's have 'em sell potato chips and Doritos to tourists with the munchies! There's got to be a business opportunity there.
It's time for a Democrat's good friend Mary Jane to come in and save the day!
Who's with me?
