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Originally Posted by blinkEzx7r
I have to disagree....yes, the people that work towards contiued prohibition would be out of a job, or perhaps transfered into something more meaningful? (fighting terrorism?) But the economy would NOT take a hit, infact, if done properly, the economy would prosper further than it already is!
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How do all these changes happen? Magic? You want to displace millions of workers, many of them protected by unions, and relocate billions of dollars...how? It doesn't just work *snap* *poof* fixed.
I'm not arguing the basic argument that
if it were never prohibited, we would be better off economically. I completely agree. Economists as famed as Milton Friedman agree. But that's assuming the impossible. It takes a lot more than ideals, hopes, and brilliant ideas (like the tax systems suggested by you and many other economists like Friedman) to make a radical change.
It simply isn't possible. Maybe if we had a rewind button shoot us back a hundred years we could change the current state we're in. But this is where we're at, whether we like it or not.