‘We want cash’ Drug agents seize $209mn in random profiling of 5,200 travelers

Post by saiya-jin » Mon, Aug 15, 2016, 11:30 AM UTC

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American police currently behave as a paramilitary, occupying mafia just slightly less terrible than anarchy.

I hope no one is wondering why the DEA made the unconscionable act of not re-classifying marijuana as a Schedule II drug. There are so many tens (hundreds?) of thousands of people whose livelihood is tried up in arresting people for drug crimes that shouldn't be illegal in the first place. Think about all those DEA agents making $100k a year plus their pensions, all those judges and public defenders, all those privat…

> The most annoying thing about marijuana is fucking idiot stoners representing the brand.

this so much - most people associate pot with braindead pathetic existences in the fringe of society, who are the loudest of the crowd. i've met senior software engineers, doctors, managers of all levels and so on doing it recreationally, for decades and having a normal life. those using alcohol for similar relaxing effect after hard day ended up in worse state, and it costed them much, much more in long term

Post by ghshephard » Tue, Aug 16, 2016, 2:33 AM UTC

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ghshephard wrote: post #26

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Because you don't want to be at the mercy of a bank? When your money sits in a bank account, anybody who wants to take it, or seize it, simply has to contact the bank with appropriate legal authority, and poof - your money is gone, with no recourse whatsoever. At least when you have the physical cash, they have to deal with you personally. Of course, as we see here, that's becoming more common.

Maybe banks are less easy to trust where you are. I have concerns about what happens with my records, but no concerns over my money going away. All banks in New Zealand have a pretty good health rating.

People feel that way about their banks until the first time money is taken out of their account without their permission. Certainly very possible in the United States.

Re: ‘We want cash’ Drug agents seize $209mn in random profiling of 5,200 travelers

Re: ‘We want cash’ Drug agents seize $209mn in random profiling of 5,200 travelers