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...

After reading the article “ Health Care’s Biggest Problem Is Getting Worse a nd 2020 Democrats don’t have a plan to fix it. ” I have come to the conclusion to agree with the message the article is trying to convey. The message of the article, https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/10/12/health-cares-biggest-problem-is-getting-worse/ seems to be pointed to families who don’t have private insurance companies or who aren’t granted insurance by the government, due to the fact they can’t meet the requirements. The author Anne Kim, has used data and research from 2012 and 2016 to show a comparison between the concentrated hospital markets. Over a 4-year time period the concentration market becomes worse when the fields begin to merge further. Research has found that “ price hikes are especially dramatic—as much as 20 percent—when hospitals in already concentrated markets merge further. Even worse, the ultimate potential casualty of consolidation is often patient wellbeing.” Ki...

After reading the article Kamala Harris doesn't mince words on healthcare and abortion bans in debate: 'Women will die' , I have become more educated on the topic of abortion and also an ongoing theme and struggle women are dealing with in their equal right movement. Kamala Harris has given a beautifully constructed and insightful speech on the struggles of abortion in America. This article, https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/15/1892731/-Kamala-Harris-doesn-t-splice-words-on-healthcare-and-abortion-bans-in-debate-Women-will-die#read-more   is worth reading because; as a young male in our country I have been educated to some degree on abortion through social media, pop culture, literature. But never have I been as educated on the topic as I was when I sat down and read this article. Due to the fact as stated in the article, “ Reproductive health has gotten almost no air time, reproductive health and women’s equality in earlier debates has gotten notably l...

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