There seems to be a sort of reflexive with-us-or-against-us mindset out there. I’ve been accused of being a Trump supporter as well; basically for being insufficiently enthusiastic for the agenda of his enemies on the left. They seem to have difficulty conceiving of a third position.
I consider myself to be in the never-Trump conservative camp. Clinton labels me “deplorable” and Trump refers to me as “human scum”. I like to think I’m despised by all the right people.
I noticed Bernie is considering proposing medical pot as part of his medicare for all plan. I'm surprised some ambitious politician hasn't jumped onto taxing pot. It obviously won't happen as long as it's technically illegal, but it would be a cash cow.
State taxes only. The feds have yet to realize the opportunity.
For that matter the federal gas tax hasn't been raised for decades, but the states seem to be doing their own thing.
I think one of our biggest contemporary problems is a sort of binary good/evil view of the world that only allows for two tribes. There seems to be a visceral need to demonize the other side, as well as purge your own ranks of heretics of the RINO or Republican-lite variety. This way of thinking makes it impossible to accept any goodwill on the part of the opposition. It permits no appreciation of the ideas of the other side, it only has enough intellectual heft to impugn character and motives.
I think Bernie is an honorable, even an admirable guy who happens to espouse some truly terrible ideas. I think Trump is a truly despicable guy who has gotten a few things right. I don’t believe in the sort of guilt by association thinking that I’ve heard referred to as “the politics of cooties”.
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