What's scary in this story is paying a contractor in cash....that seems really risky to me...hope you got proof of payment
Great point. But congrats to @Shaboid for getting the scratch together and a contractor to get the job done!
Fair point. He's a friend and a trustworthy dude. We did get proof of payment and it's going to save us some money by doing the transaction in cash.
It depends on what you are prohibiting. Banning sex will never work, since everyone has the necessary equipment already. Nuclear missile bans work very well so far (within the country) since those are large and hard to obtain materials for. I guess I'd say that weed and booze didn't work because it's very easy to grow weed, as I did, and fairly easy to make moonshine, as my grandpappy did. Drugs has been a mixed bag, I'd say - they are harder to make, but tend to be easy to smuggle due to small size. It's certainly harder to get drugs than the other two, but it is possible. I'd say prohibition may have stopped some potential drug use, but I'm certainly not claiming it was/is the right policy. Cigs are a different matter. The fun factor is much lower, so there's less incentive to break the law to get them. I think prohibition would likely significantly reduce the number of smokers over time, although it would redirect money that now goes to taxes to smugglers, which doesn't seem like a great idea. I'm not in favor of banning them, but it would probably reduce smoking overall. barfo
I think they'd just smoke something else... Which would likely be as damaging to their health or more so. And the increased black market and rebel factor would far outweigh the benefits of the prohibition. Education is the difference. It's not hard for kids to get cigarettes. My kids are offered cigarettes, alcohol, and other drugs all the time (meaning once or twice per school year), and have been since 6th grade. They could get it any time they want. We educate them. That's the only effective solution.
I will also mention that these monies where specifically for supplies, so the risk that I have 35 squares of sheeting stored is my garage is one I'm not too worried about accepting.
You know Sly works for the IRS in the Fraud Division, right? I wouldn't admit to tax crimes here. barfo
An interesting interview with a Forensic psychologist on mass murder events: https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/18/opinions/mass-murders-pathway-to-violence-bergen-meloy/index.html
3-4x more Americans own guns than smoke marijuana. Far more want to own guns than want to smoke marijuana. And the prohibition on marijuana may have been the most harmful prohibition in the history of this country, simply because it lasted a lot longer and allowed far more otherwise law abiding citizens to be treated as criminals. https://news.gallup.com/poll/284135/percentage-americans-smoke-marijuana.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/264932/percentage-americans-own-guns.aspx
