FREE ALL CANNABIS PRISONERS. We Could Save A Fortune of TAXPAYER DOLLARS Currently Wasted On Incarceration. REFUND THAT MONEY TO THE TAXPAYERS...

We could use the empty Jail Cells to Provide Shelter 
for Homeless People... GEE, That Was Easy!

In the Distant Past... Idiot Politicians Declared a "War on Drugs." - Well, THAT PLAN Backfired and Now We Have Vast Quantities of People Incarcerated... at a Cost of $40,000 Per Year Per Prisoner... INSANE! 

We Could USE That Money to Pay for "Medicare for All" that could include Drug Addiction Treatment.  



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Why Keep People in Jail for a Drug
That Isn't Even Illegal Anymore? DUH...

Obviously, Nancy Reagan's "War on Drugs" has Been a Failure. Instead of Repeating what does not work, we ought to try something DIFFERENT. 

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Redwood Forest Near Eureka, California... 

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Marijuana Tourism - my trip to Washington State, The Space Needle, The Experience Music Pavilion and then Oregon

As legalization spread across the USA I wanted to experience LEGAL weed as soon as possible. When I retired from work I did a lot of driving around sleeping in the back of my VAN... I was like a turtle with my home on my back.

As legalization spread across the USA I wanted to experience LEGAL weed as soon as possible. When I retired from work I did a lot of driving around sleeping in the back of my VAN... I was like a turtle with my home on my back.

read more! https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/04/marijuana-tourism-my-trip-to-washington.html 

A rarely noticed Side Effect of the Failed War on Drugs. It Makes most teenagers HATE the POLICE. And that becomes a lifetime of NON-COOPERATION With LAWN FORCEMENT.

Since the majority of people in the USA have smoked Marijuana and since Criminals hate cops therefore the majority of Americans Hate Cops. The term NARC is an insult due to CRAZYLAWS [tm]. Teenagers are not easily fooled. The LAW says that Marijuana is a Schedule ONE Illegal Drug with NO KNOWN Medicinal Value. AND at the same time Medical Marijuana is Legal in Many States... OBVIOUSLY, SOMEONE IS LYING. 

Read More: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/07/a-rarely-noticed-side-effect-of-failed.html 

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FAILED WAR ON DRUGS. "It seems like, every time we declare a 'war on' something we make the problem worse. I wish we would declare a War On Hot Chicks! We would have them on every street corner, giving themselves away."

In the Beginning, God created the Kind Herb and it was good. Then he created the Opium Poppy and it was NOT so good. and the Coca plant and the Coffee plant and God grew mold on rye and Magic mushrooms and peyote and Mimosa Bark and FREAKING PSYCHEDELIC TOADS! What was God Doing? Creating all this? Well, as Benjamin Franklin said... "BEER IS PROOF THAT GOD LOVES US AND WANTS US TO BE HAPPY."

Meanwhile... A Mad Dog decided to Declare a War on Drugs! Harry Anslinger convinced the Elected officials that Marijuana was the Devil's Weed and REEFER MADNESS was born.

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FREE ALL CANNABIS PRISONERS. Save the Taxpayers a Fortune Wasted on the Failed War on Drugs. RELEASE all that Entrepreneurial Talent to Jump Start the American Economy!

Legalize Weed Nationwide, TAX IT, Layoff Unneeded Police. Retrain them to be Teacher's Classroom assistants... Teach Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. Use the empty prison cells to house the homeless. GEE! THAT WAS EASY!

Ask Yourself: Am I getting a GOOD VALUE for all that money I spend providing Food, Shelter and Beatings for all those Druggies? Is there ANY ADVANTAGE AT ALL to Warehousing People for a Crime that ISN'T EVEN ILLEGAL ANYMORE? WHAT THE FUCT ARE WE DOING???

I support an OPTIONAL Medicare For All Plan. If you want to buy health insurance from the government - do it. If you want to pay more for Corporate Corporate Plans - Do that!

I saw a "Stop Medicare For All" advertisement on TV and it's message was that you get faster service with the corporate controlled Healthcare System that we have now than a single payer system like Canada has. What is the REBUTTAL to that argument? I want to blog a reply but, they might be right!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_healthcare_systems_in_Canada_and_the_United_States

Yes, they wait a longer time in Canada...

One unexpected consequence of a National Health Service would be that Healthcare Insurance Corporations would go out of business. Massive Layoffs... Big loss in the stock market...  Currently those Private insurance companies squeeze vast profits out of patients... SO... Those people that are getting rich will be fighting for their life. Frankly speaking, I would divest from any healthcare company because their stock value will go to zero if Medicare for All becomes Reality. I feel that most of the actual workers would get hired at government jobs because the quantity of service needed would increase... but the senior management positions would be eliminated... those guys would be in Deep DOO-DOO... after ripping off Patients for Decades they would have to go get a REAL JOB!

Critics are more skeptical of the government’s ability to administer coverage on such a large scale, pointing to longer wait times for certain care in some countries with single-payer systems. 

Americans spend far more on health care per person than other developed nations and supporters of a single-payer plan argue it could hold down costs by negotiating or requiring lower payments to doctors, hospitals and drug companies, while eliminating overhead associated with private insurance.

As a result, even though the government would spend much more on health care under Medicare for All than it does now, supporters argue that a single-payer system might reduce total national health spending by some estimates and that money currently going to premiums would help offset the new taxes on individuals and families.

Similarly wealthy countries tend to have both universal coverage (though not always a pure single-payer system) and healthier populations than the U.S., suggesting there’s a workable path to guaranteeing health care.  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/what-medicare-all-how-would-it-work-n1014256

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Yes, Trump Might Start World War Three and End ALL Human Life on Planet Earth BUT I'm comfortable with that... I'm Going to Heaven...

 This week Trump started building even more atomic bombs AND quit Ronald Reagan's Treaty with Russia to limit Nuclear Missiles... so here we go... another Nuclear Arms Race... Sure, this action is IDIOTIC but... The Faster we Kill Everyone On the Planet the Sooner we Get to Meet Jesus...

REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT - ZERO Money for tRUMP's Wall - We the People REJECT tRUMP and ALL his PUPPETS...

Please Email Your Senators: https://www.senate.gov/general/contacting.htm Tell them what you think or they will not know your opinion...

No Money for Trump's WALL
Plenty Money for Pink Floyd's Wall

Legalize Marijuana Nationwide. Tax it, Use the Money on MEDICARE FOR ALL. Release All The Cannabis Prisoners. EVERYBODY WINS!

We Would Increase VOLUNTARY Taxes and Decrease Government Spending AT THE SAME TIME. I wouldn't Pay a Penny on the New Taxes Because I Don't Smoke it. Let the Reefer Puffers Pay...

Obviously, The "War on Drugs" has been a Failure. When you Make a MISSTEAK Do Not REPEET the AIR-ROAR... In States with Legal Marijuana, Death from Opioid Overdose is Less. The Lives You Save Could Be Members of Your Own Family. AND... Legalize Medicinal Psychedelics. Let Doctors and Patients decide what drugs are best for their own treatment.

Medicare for All will COST LESS MONEY because we won't have to pay for Profits and Corporate Executive's Giant Salaries. We have seen that In Canada, people live longer and pay less. (and Australia, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden etc etc etc)

Impeach Donald Trump; CRIMINAL. He has Caused Vast Environmental Damage. Legalizing Air Pollution and Water Pollution... Drilling for Oil in National Land... Increasing Coal Mining leading to MORE Global Warming... Crippling the Endangered Species ACT. Pure Evil.

We Ought to End the War in Afghanistan. Bring the Soldiers Home. We Would Save a VAST amount of Money Currently Wasted on a Pointless Unwinnable War. Bring the Helicopters and Airplanes Home too. We Could use them FIGHTING WILDFIRES Out West.

We Should Teach "Critical Thinking" in High School. Knowing when someone is lying to you is a valuable survival skill. Especially When Republicriminals are LYING EVERY DAY.

We Should Build a Solar Power/Desalinization Factory. It Would Convert Sea Water into Pure Drinking Water, Salt and Electricity ALL AT THE SAME TIME. Simply focus sunlight onto a black pipe to boil seawater producing steam. Use the steam to spin a turbine creating electricity. We could build a freshwater factory at USMC Camp Pendleton to Supply Water to Los Angeles and San Diego... The Technology Is NOT Difficult but the FUNDING is Missing. ALSO USEFUL FOR CLEANING FRACKING WASTEWATER...

I saw an Inspirational Speech by Bernie Sanders on Democracy Now! TV Show. The Ideas he proposed Three Years ago were RADICAL but NOW they are Mainstream.

https://www.sandersinstitute.com/

 Medicare for All, $15.00 Minimum Wage, Legalize Marijuana and FREE the Cannabis Prisoners... Reduce Spending for War (Like our helping to bomb YEMEN) and The Rich should Pay Their Fair Share in Taxes...

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hand drawn Bernie for President sign done with felt pens

If God is All Powerful, Why Does He Allow So Much Suffering? Answer: If the World Was ALREADY Perfect, What Would Be The POINT of Aspiring to GO TO HEAVEN?

I wanted a Bicycle... So I prayed to God for a Bicycle... but God Doesn't Work Like That so I Stole a Bicycle and Prayed for Forgiveness.

https://store.dead.net/go-to-heaven-cd-1.html 

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Medicare for Everybody. What a great Idea. Lower costs, better service... Instead of paying a private health insurance company, your taxes pay.

https://www.weeklystandard.com/the-editors/democrats-want-medicare-for-all-thats-nationalized-healthcare
More and more Democrats are embracing socialized health insurance.

Democrats Running on Healthcare, pre-existing conditions. Republicans running on Scary Aliens Approaching the Border.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/10/23/democrats-back-medicare-all-half-contested-house-races/1732966002/

Democrats back Medicare for all in about half of House races they're contesting.

Democratic candidates for the House are backing a Medicare for all approach to the nation’s health care system in just over half the races in which a Democrat is on the ballot, according to a new survey provided first to USA TODAY.

The tally by National Nurses United, which supports a government-run, single-payer system, shows how the idea has risen in popularity even as Republicans attack the plan as socialized medicine.

"This is historic," said Ken Zinn, the group's political director. "The campaign has really picked up steam."

Medicare for all is a great deal for seniors and non-seniors... everyone wins... except heath care insurance corporations... they go out of business.

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/10/656249981/fact-check-trumps-false-claims-on-medicare-for-all

FACT CHECK: Trump's False Claims On 'Medicare For All'

We all have the same shape... Trees, Roots, Arteries, Veins, Rivers and Deltas.

That's why I feel kinship to all things. 

"Medicare For All" sounds like a Great Bill in the US Senate.

It's gotten the official blessing from the White House... They say it's a "Horrible Idea" and so that must means it's great for the American People but bad for the Billionaires that own Drug Companies and Insurance Companies... Thanks, Bernie Sanders...

be sure to email your Senators and Congress and tell them your opinion...

https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact

https://www.harris.senate.gov/content/contact-senator

and if you don't live in California...

https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/

Bernie Sanders has a lot of great ideas. $15.00 an hour minimum wage, Medicare for all, Overturn Citizens United, Reduce Defense Spending, Get the Koch Brothers out of political influence...

and stop all those billionaires that have purchased our government, It will take a lot of effort to cause this political revolution but WE THE PEOPLE can do it. The trick is to involve 300 million citizens...

https://go.berniesanders.com/page/content/join-us/

In the Bernie Sanders Book "Guide to Political Revolution," Independent congressman, presidential candidate and activist Bernie Sanders continues his fight against the imbalances in the nation's status quo, and shows you how to make a difference to effect the changes America--and the world--need to create a better tomorrow.

https://www.amazon.com/Bernie-Sanders-Guide-Political-Revolution/dp/1250138906

Medicare for All. A simple way to provide healthcare for America. Like they have in Canada or Australia.

Since Trumpcare has failed and Obamacare is not perfect, it's time for the people of America to ask our elected Representatives to craft a Great Healthcare System. We can look to the other countries of the world for examples of how to do it. Look at Australia... 'resident Trump says they have a better system... well, why don't we create a similar system? It will make the corporate lobbyists mad but why don't we do what's right for the people?

Our 'resident declares that "It's not my fault" that Republicans fail to Repeal and Replace Obamacare. AND... "It's not my fault" if Obamacare is not perfect... That's not leadership... Will we suffer through four years of a Failed Trump Presidency doing nothing but blaming other people? What a whiner... Why didn't Trump make a nationwide speech explaining how the Republican health care plan was wonderful? Because their plan was very bad and Trump knew it. They had 13 old white men and their lobbyists write a healthcare bill and the vast majority of the people in the USA hated it. Total Fail.

"Health care must be recognized as a right, not a privilege. Every man, woman and child in our country should be able to access the health care they need regardless of their income. The only long-term solution to America's health care crisis is a single-payer national health care program." - Bernie Sanders
https://berniesanders.com/medicareforall/

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