At the stroke of midnight, recreational marijuana became legal in Ohio.
Voters approved last month that adults 21 and older are allowed to use and grow cannabis.
However, Ohio Republicans may be putting the brakes on it.
On Monday, Ohio Senate Republicans proposed banning at-home growing, increasing the substance’s tax rate, and altering how those taxes get distributed.
The ballot measure, dubbed Issue 2, passed on the Nov. 7 election with 57% of the vote - but since it is a citizen’s vote, the legislature is allowed to make tweaks to the law.
Can anyone even find a conservative who claims with a straight face to be for small government anymore? I’d literally laugh them out of the room if someone said that in my presence.
Some claim it, but the definition of the word conservative has nothing to do with small government and individual liberties.
Wanting a better, more effective and efficient government is the domain of progressives.
Wanting a government that respects and protects individual liberties is the domain of liberals.
And wanting a government with fairness for all is the domain of the socialists.
What it means to be conservative is wanting to preserve traditional hierarchies and values even at the expense of individual rights, a well-functioning state, or fairness and justice for all.
Conservatives tell us they are not progressive, they are not socialist, and they are not liberal. Believe them.
Hell, these days they’re straight up saying they don’t think democracy is a good idea.
Yes, because all of them do despite the fact that it’s blatant bullshit.
That’s their thing though, they make up all sorts of crazy shit like being better for business than democrats, when, in fact, Republicans are bad for the economy, bad for job growth, and worse than democrats in every measurable way from employment levels to recessions when it comes to the actual numbers.
This is no surprise to anyone has been paying attention, there are shitloads of CBO reports going back decades to back up the above.
The two party system sucks and democrats can be shitty too, but the GOP is measurably worse for the average person in pretty much every way.
Small government just means less taxes to help others.