FIX MEXICO, & LEGALIZE = FIX U.S. IMMIGRATION WOES

Nobody in Congress wants to touch Immigration reform, because either way, the politicians stand to lose votes. Most congress people are concerned more about keeping their jobs, than actually doing the will of the people and serving their constituents. That's why they take money from lobbyists, and sometimes cast nonsensical votes...all in an effort to keep their jobs, with full medical benefits, a salary of roughly $175,000 in perpetuity, and the right to decide their own pay raises...but I digress....

Here's what I think we need to address, that nobody is looking at:

1) MEXICAN IMMIGRATION TO THE U.S. can be fixed if we FIX MEXICO!! Is anyone examining WHY these people can't create their own livelihood in their country of origin? I think it all points to the American Farm Bill, which subsidizes four crops, one of which is corn. We sell our excess corn to Mexico for cheaper than if they buy it from their own farmers. Their markets are flooded with our corn, and Mexican farmers can't make a living because of it.
And they stay here because of greed…the greed of the American employers who want to save money by hiring illegals for dirt cheap and not paying any taxes on that labor, and the greed of the American landlords who will rent tiny homes to groups of anywhere from 4-10 immigrants all living together in tiny quarters.

The whole situation is very sad.

And secondly:
2) What would happen if we made POT LEGAL in the U.S? Wouldn't that kind of put a crimp in their whole smuggling racket?
People died over liquor, during prohibition, too. Didn't they?
It might just be time to legalize it, folks…for our own safety...
After all, hemp was only ever outlawed in the first place because Dupont had just created Nylon, and didn't want Hemp to compete with it, and Dupont had good lobbyists, who pressured congress to do the scare tactics on Marijuana and make it illegal, when really they just wanted to stop Hemp production for rope and twine…
I mean, it's not like Congress really cares about our health - if they did they would eradicate cigarettes, wouldn't they?
...but I digress…that's another Facebook group..ha ha

5 Most Stoned US Cities

Well, I must say, I would have expected more from San Francisco!

Too Taboo for you?

Certain subjects and human functions are considered taboo in today's society, I've noticed - you don't see them in TV shows, movies, advertisements...they don't exist, but we all do them, or we know someone who does...for example: going to the bathroom, smoking pot, menstruating, picking scabs...not acceptable topics for polite conversation, or as part of a TV show or movie...although when you do see one of them in a movie or TV show, it's considered "ground-breaking" (witness - pot-smoking on Entourage, or in the movie "Marty", they showed someone on the toilet - both were NOTICED)...

But the one taboo subject, that nobody wants to even mention, is something near and dear to all of us, and I don't understand why nobody wants to broach this subject, EVER - and that is our own DEATH...nobody wants to talk about this...aren't you the least bit curious to know what OTHER people think is gonna happen to them when they die? I am, and I can't get anybody to discuss it...do they think we'll "jinx it" just by mentioning it?

I also don't understand people who live their whole lives avoiding the issue...I could never get excited about football games in high school....I used to sit on the window ledge of my room, and stare out the window, thinking about the trees, and that I will miss them when I'm dead...and wondering how the cheerleaders and jocks seemed so engaged with their sports...as if they don't know, don't care, or have no knowledge of the fact that none of this matters, in the face of their own mortality...why doesn't anybody want to discuss this...what do YOU think happens when you die? Don't you want to be prepared for it, somehow?

I want to know your opinions, or has the fear gripped you too much to discuss it?