The Dow Jones closed really effing high the other day! So did the S&P! Things are great, right? Wrong. Life in the green for a select few doesn’t exactly carry over for the rest of us. But then again, it was never meant to.
With images more biting than a pit viper, the Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist and founding member of Politico knows how to send a message. Here are some of Matt’s best throughout the years.
The Article: Legalizing Drugs Suits Ideal of American Freedom in Der Spiegel.
The Text: SPIEGEL: Mr. Miron, why should heroin, cocaine and marijuana be legal?
Miron: The prohibition of drugs is the worst solution for preventing abuse. Firstly, it brings about a black market that is corrupt and costs human lives. Secondly, it constrains people who wouldn’t abuse drugs. Thirdly, prohibiting drugs is expensive.
SPIEGEL: How expensive?
Miron: If it legalized drugs, the United States could save $85 billion to $90 billion per year. Roughly half that is spent on the current drugs policy and half that is lost in taxes that the state could have levied on legal drugs.
SPIEGEL: On the other side of the equation, there are many people who would become addicted to drugs.
At a historic low-point for union membership, workers have begun to find an alternative: owning and controlling their own cooperative businesses.
Takei might have played someone out of this world on a TV show, but his insights are incredibly realistic.
