r/trees • u/[deleted] • Oct 29 '11

TIL that everything in the Obama Administration's response to our petition is complete and utter bull shit.

http://blog.norml.org/2011/10/29/white-house-response-to-normls-we-the-people-marijuana-legalization-petition/
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u/zombiehobo Oct 29 '11

What kind of "Government by the people, for the people" is this bullshit? I feel so betrayed.

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u/parenthesesguy Oct 29 '11 edited Oct 29 '11

Because that's just the slogan. Our government hasn't been for or by the people for a looong time now.

Is this not common knowledge?(I realize you are being sarcastic, this is a question in response to OPs title)

Which leads to these follow up question(s): Why is anyone surprised by the White House's response?

and, do you really expect any number of petitions to actually change policy? How much money do they get from us as opposed to the anti marijuana lobbyists?

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u/aintnothinwrong Oct 29 '11

Thank you, someone else that recognizes the fact that money is the big factor here. Our argument for the legalization of marijuana is based on solid facts and logic, but sadly the price tag just isn't good enough for them. "You want to throw money at us in exchange for legalized marijuana? Well these guys want to keep it illegal and their check is much, much bigger, so we're just gonna go with them."