Marcus' Gov Blog

America should currently be on its way, slowly but surely to legalizing marijuana in all of its states. America has legalized marijuana in two states now California and Colorado, with a lot of decriminalization acts in bigger cities throughout the states. With the act of legalization in these two states, and the harsh criminal charges being oppressed in selected cities, there may be hope just yet. The cause for marijuana to be illegal in most of the United States was the “fear of Mexican immigrants”. The fear of immigrants crossing the border to smuggle the drug has caused an in ethical, in factual proved perception of the drug to cloud societies judgement and point of view on the substance and cause the population to react out of fear. Marijuana has been “claimed” to lead to the “‘lust for blood,’ and gave its users ‘superhuman strength.’ Rumors spread that Mexicans were distributing this ‘killer weed’ to unsuspecting American schoolchildren.” All of which has been factually pro...

In a blog post from Crooks and Liars , it has been revealed that a Russian spy has been caught allegedly funneling Russian money into the 2016 presidential election, in favor of President Trump’s campaign. While the money was intended to favor President Trump’s campaign it brought problems along with it, due to the fact it was being exchanged through and under the National Rifle Association (NRA). This has caused a lot of problems for the country, our president, but also the NRA. According to the article, “The NRA has several arms. Its largest operation is technically known as a social welfare group or 501(c)(4) organization, granting it exemption from U.S. taxes. Another branch is a traditional charitable organization, making contributions to that entity tax deductible. Under federal tax law, when either of these kinds of nonprofits break laws, they jeopardize their tax exempt status”. The author of the article has an intended audience of what I believe to be Trump and NRA sup...