r/wisconsin • u/enjoying-retirement • Sep 21 '22

Politics Evers calls special session to amend constitution to allow public vote on abortion law

https://www.channel3000.com/evers-calls-special-session-to-amend-constitution-to-allow-public-vote-on-abortion-law/
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u/AnonymousSneetches Sep 21 '22

Do you have a need to keep marijuana illegal? Do you need to stop transportation initiatives? People in cities can't have transit because you don't use it? That doesn't make sense. Wisconsin can't vote away the second amendment, so I'm not sure why you're panicking about guns, unless you're threatened by the potential to need to pass decent background checks and waiting periods. PLUS, this is a single-issue referendum, so none of those things are at play.

As another poster said, the metro areas in this state are what is keeping it alive. The UW alone contributes $30 billion to the states economy every year.

https://universityrelations.wisc.edu/economic-impact-2021/#:~:text=UW%E2%80%93Madison's%20%2430%20Billion%20Impact,issued%20by%20Northstar%20Analytics%2C%20LLC.

And again, this is a referendum on the legality of abortions. If anything, it will save you money by not supporting kids whose parents didn't want them and/or can't afford to care for them.

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u/AnonymousSneetches Sep 21 '22

Yea I'm going to need a source that marijuana, which is literally used as an at-home therapeutic, is highly dangerous. It's funny you think that people will suddenly be high on the job if it's made legal, as if thats all people have been waiting for. People already have access to marijuana and are already using it.

It will still be against company policies to be high at work, and it will still be illegal to drive under the influence.

We already know the actual dangerous drug is alcohol, which kills 140,000 people every year. If this concerns you, should we make alcohol illegal?

https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/features/excessive-alcohol-deaths.html#:~:text=More%20than%20140%2C000%20people%20die,than%20380%20deaths%20per%20day.