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lark

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69. Drug control spending

Tue Dec 29, 2015, 03:27 PM

Dec 2015

aka need for more cops and more jails and more profits for private prison industries. That's the real goal, more money, more police control, more marginalized citizens who aren't allowed to vote. They sure got a lot of gain (for themselves and their ilk) with that one change. Dastards!

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John Erlichman admitted that the whole point of the federal War on Drugs [View all] tblue37 Dec 2015 OP

You have to give it to them; they played their cards well. NaturalHigh Dec 2015 #1

Their cards are called the white working class aka underthematrix Dec 2015 #4

It wasn't always the case..Until Reagan, most of the white working class were democrats whathehell Dec 2015 #19

We had strong unions in the midwest - TBF Dec 2015 #34

I said something about the Fairness Doctrine.. cannabis_flower Dec 2015 #76

It certainly sounds like it.. whathehell Dec 2015 #82

Here is a telling passage from the epilogue to Baum's book: tblue37 Dec 2015 #46

Cook County Jail is the Largest Single Site Holding Facility in the US, if not the world ... ChicagoLocal705 Dec 2015 #72

True, as far as it goes. There was also a third reason ... Scuba Dec 2015 #2

Nice chart...what's the source? Human101948 Dec 2015 #3

Try the CIA. Wellstone ruled Dec 2015 #6

That is a Stupid Comment, this is NOT a CIA Chart so telling someone to look at the CIA just STUPID happyslug Dec 2015 #26

Fascinating. mountain grammy Dec 2015 #61

Stunning graphic! Follow the money. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2015 #14

I agree with the sentiment, but that is a bullshit graph. Lucky Luciano Dec 2015 #16

My math isn't the best.... Fed up in NJ Dec 2015 #25

You have a good point and I considered the same. salib Dec 2015 #40

I agree it's misleading - author's explanation here Locrian Dec 2015 #63

Thank you for finding that!!! Scuba Dec 2015 #70

your welcome Locrian Dec 2015 #80

Drug control spending lark Dec 2015 #69

Power Corrupts - Absolute Power ... cantbeserious Dec 2015 #5

Which may be part of fredamae Dec 2015 #7

Your post would make more sense if the SCOTUS members with an "R" after their names were truedelphi Dec 2015 #10

It isn't just about fredamae Dec 2015 #11

My timeline was off and for that I apologize. truedelphi Dec 2015 #30

Yes, this judge dragonlady Dec 2015 #13

Many of us in Chicago suspected this at the time. Few younger people truedelphi Dec 2015 #8

Nixon shadowmayor Dec 2015 #9

Evil NBachers Dec 2015 #42

And none of them are in federal prison because........?! Dont call me Shirley Dec 2015 #12

Because when Republicans do it, it's not illegal! padfun Dec 2015 #15

And Reagan eliminated tuition free colleges in Calif to punish the protesters. nt ErikJ Dec 2015 #17

Kicked and recommended! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #18

Holy Shit...Treason! billhicks76 Dec 2015 #20

Nixon also intended the DEA to serve as a domestic surveillance agency starroute Dec 2015 #21

Well, subsequent administrations can justifiably say to tblue37 Dec 2015 #22

Keeping in mind.....both Cheney and Rumsfeld were in the Nixon WH. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2015 #59

John E., we knew it, too. nt valerief Dec 2015 #23

Nixon ... again. nt Hekate Dec 2015 #24

Cheney & Rumsfeld et al had to have learned it somewhere...... lastlib Dec 2015 #27

I know, I know. It's mind-blowing and chilling and I could not have imagined it at the time... Hekate Dec 2015 #31

Smoke & Mirrors is an excellent book ms liberty Dec 2015 #28

Holy Moses. mahina Dec 2015 #29

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2015 #32

Thanks for the K&R. I thought the thread would sink since I posted in Good Reads and tblue37 Dec 2015 #44

The positive side of Good Reads Uncle Joe Dec 2015 #47

True. nt tblue37 Dec 2015 #48

Having said that, 165 recs on Good Reads is off the charts, Uncle Joe Dec 2015 #50

I don't post many OPs because it takes time and effort to post one I think people tblue37 Dec 2015 #51

I believe this topic is extremely important, some people like to tout Uncle Joe Dec 2015 #53

Did I say 165 recs in Good Reads was off the charts! Uncle Joe Dec 2015 #84

Ugly words (Erlichman's) from an saltpoint Dec 2015 #33

Anything that came out of that administration Dr. Xavier Dec 2015 #35

I may have found the source for the Erlichman quote dreamnightwind Dec 2015 #36

John Lennon & Yoko gordyfl Dec 2015 #37

Hideous people. n/t zentrum Dec 2015 #38

Nixon opened the door for Ronnie and Shrub. Dawson Leery Dec 2015 #39

Add in the corrupt Gerald Ford 47of74 Dec 2015 #52

Ford would have won in 76' had he not pardoned Dicky. Dawson Leery Dec 2015 #78

nice of him to finally confirm something most of us have known all along. niyad Dec 2015 #41

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. lovemydog Dec 2015 #43

Nixon started it, but no one since has diminished it. Downwinder Dec 2015 #45

Nixon appointed our next door neighbor's brother Ray Shafer*, (Gov. of PA) to study drugs ... Botany Dec 2015 #49

This really, really enraged me when I read it about 8 months ago. Akamai Dec 2015 #54

Thank you, so much. n/t Judi Lynn Dec 2015 #55

Kick and R BeanMusical Dec 2015 #56

The fact that the drug war is jomin41 Dec 2015 #57

Same thing with the Cuban embargo. Too many powerful, connected people have become tblue37 Dec 2015 #64

Link does not go to article referenced AllyCat Dec 2015 #58

The link is to a different article. The quote comes from a reader's comment on that tblue37 Dec 2015 #65

Need to read this book. Thanks! AllyCat Dec 2015 #68

K&R Same as it ever was. nt raouldukelives Dec 2015 #60

Great post, great thread. mountain grammy Dec 2015 #62

The saddest part is that America is still buying this bullshit more and more everyday... world wide wally Dec 2015 #66

All prohibitions are driven by the desire to punish. nt Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #74

Civil Rights? Baitball Blogger Dec 2015 #67

I don't think many Americans, even most liberals, deutsey Dec 2015 #71

Oh, some of us are. Gingrich (an old pot head) Tied liberal Democrats to the joint... Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #75

Lewis Latham has written frequently about how the powerful, wealthy right wing individuals and tblue37 Dec 2015 #85

Very true deutsey Dec 2015 #86

I've said for years the WOD was a way to jail thousands of YBMs.... Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #73

Not to mention the added "benefit" (to the GOP) of depriving huge numbers of tblue37 Dec 2015 #81

War on drugs= war on black lives Truprogressive85 Dec 2015 #77

K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2015 #79

And the Democrats bought it, including Hillary Fumesucker Dec 2015 #83