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[jackson33]

Thunderbird; I'll just use the three riches Americans over recent years, though many throughout history were the same. Sam Walton, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, all collected quite a few toys. In the process created millions of jobs allowing other to collect more toys or pay less for those toys in the first place. They also created much of the wealth, that allows each of the Governments to operate and many of the benefits you enjoy. Each in their own way has contributed time, energy and that WEALTH to their community and/or the world.

The mess, were in today may be a little less than were all being told and frankly I am not very happy with either party or their solutions. However it didn't begin with GWB or even Clinton. I could argue, its a result of previous socialism, welfare or in fact trying to support the non-contributing members of society and that the real problems with these just beginning.

The vast majority of people convicted of some crime are from State Actions.
State law enforcements are controlled by its population and people break the law. I don't care what the reason/excuse, if any person knowingly breaks a law they should be punished the same as any other person in that State. We do have the highest percentage of people in prison/jails or had been and we also have the highest safety rate for the citizen.

Now, having said this and knowing your beef with society over drugs, I would agree there has been an over reaction to the seriousness of the problem or the sentencing to those convicted. I would also disagree on sending any young person to the same prison systems with older folks or to how little actual effort is made to rehabilitation of any prisoner. None of this or your idea that Obama, can alter public opinion on 'right/wrong' has anything to do with an Elected Officer to 'Defend and protect the Constitution and LAWS of the United States'. He will have no authority, nor does the Congress, to change laws that are under State authority/jurisdiction and any Federal Action to change, comes from Congress not the future president. He can only indirectly ENFORCE those laws.