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Some excellent posts I'm glad I made this thread.
A point I want to make to those critical of the Mayor is that they should also consider unemployment is currently a national issue, and is the number 1 concern of most Americans today. Federal budget cuts have also led to fewer summer jobs (look up HR-1, which caused Philadelphia to lose 60% of their youth summer job funding). Our current federal drug policy effectively keeps drugs in urban areas by the inflated profits due to prohibition. It also doesn't help when these kids are getting locked up or have records for simple possession of cannabis either.
A point I want to make to those critical of the Mayor is that they should also consider unemployment is currently a national issue, and is the number 1 concern of most Americans today. Federal budget cuts have also led to fewer summer jobs (look up HR-1, which caused Philadelphia to lose 60% of their youth summer job funding). Our current federal drug policy effectively keeps drugs in urban areas by the inflated profits due to prohibition. It also doesn't help when these kids are getting locked up or have records for simple possession of cannabis either.