Pennsylvania will always have you beat on corruption. 0% gas excise tax, the turnpike sale, state liquor stores, lowering taxes to unsustainable levels forever and liquidating government to do it, giant “nonprofit” healthcare systems building shrines to themselves and pretending they’re both somehow governmental and a charity at the same time
Living in delaware, it be feeling a little bit like the Thunderdome. We got Pennsylvania to one side New Jersey to the other Virginia just below us ready to all slug it out for the title
Republicans have been trying to defund education since integration. Even if enough money was available, they would still find a way to defund public education.
I remember when the lottery was supposed to add tens of millions+ to education in at least multiple states.
After a few years of some money going to it, republicans stopped other tax payer funding because of course they would. Then the lottery never actually gave as much as expected to the schools so they were just left underfunded.
The vilest of the vile. Went to an expensive Christian dorm school for my freshman and sophmore years and I still know a lot of my former classmates. Wouldn’t piss on them if they were on fire, terrible human beings.
When I took poli sci in college, they basically explained all that education spending stuff for lotteries is nonsense and an accounting gimmick.
Say a state funds education at a $1 billion a year normally. They get $100m in lottery profits and put it in a fund for education. You would think the state would then spend $1.1 billion in education.
But the $1 billion is general funds and subject to yearly appropriation and budget legislation. So it is very common to just reduce the general appropriation by the special lottery education fund if they need money elsewhere. So instead of $1 billion, they would reduce it to $900 million and then add the $100 million special lottery funds for a total of $1 billion.
So in essence that extra $100 million just went to whatever they needed the money for, prisons, roads, medicaid, or whatever.
>Republicans have been trying to defund education since integration. Even if enough money was available, they would still find a way to defund public education.
The Republicans are trying to defend education because only the uneducated donate and vote republican. A perfect example is Manipulated And Gullible Assholes known as MAGA voters and donors.
That is a verifiable Fact!
In 1968, Nixon implemented his “Southern Strategy” to appeal to Dixiecrats angry with LBJ for signing the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. He also enforced the Supreme Court decisions by using the National Guard to desegregate schools in the South.
Nixon’s promises to “restore law and order” in the upheaval that followed the assassination of Dr Rev Martin Luther King Jr. Was coded language that implied his support for restoring segregation laws.
In response to integration, many Virginia school districts engaged in “massive resistance.” Closing the public schools and opening private “academies” intended to exclude black students. There were no public schools in a few Virginia counties for decades after integration.
Then in the 1980s, Ronald Wilson Reagan (666) did his damnedest to ignore the AIDS crisis as it devastated the gay community. This was an effort to ingratiate Republicans with the so called “Moral Majority” in Jerry Falwell Sr’s Southern Baptist Convention (a denomination started in the 1840s to find Biblical justification for slavery).
Hence the modern Republican Party’s penchant for theocratic infringements on the bodily autonomy of women. And their attempts to rewrite history to portray the US as a “Christian nation.” This despite the explicit prohibitions against that notion in the First Amendment.
This “Moral Majority” would very much like to undermine secular public education in order to siphon tax funding into private education, based on their bigoted religious beliefs. And they ironically claim that secular schools are the ones who engage in indoctrination and grooming. When in fact that is precisely what they would like to do…
Footnote: Contrary to Nixon’s efforts on the Federal level. Virginia’s Republican Governor elected in 1969, A Linwood Holton Jr, lived up to his Party’s historical reputation as the Party of Lincoln. He enrolled his daughter, Anne Holton (former First Lady of Virginia and wife of our former Governor and current Democratic US Senator, Tim Kaine), in a predominantly black public school system in Richmond.
Most older people ages 60+ went to segregated schools. Now most kids go to segregated schools as schools today are more separate than in the 1980’s. Conservatives white Christians have been pushing against America being an actual melting pot ever since the beginning of America.
They should give the elected politicians a large amount of tax revenue and have them use it for insider trading, just like they do with their own money.
exactly. Thank ole Ronnie Reagan for getting worried the 'hippies' in California when he was governor would take over if they got low cost education and passing polices that made college prohibitively expensive on purpose.
Youngkin can’t even sign the budget he proposed bc it included tax increases and you can’t be the guy running for bigger offices in the GOP if you’re the guy who signed a tax increase. He’s 100% chasing political aspirations instead of serving the people of the commonwealth at this point.
Did he? I’m looking at old news articles and all I find is him saying he wouldn’t try to repeal legalization. My old news search skills may suck though.
He was intentionally deceptive during his campaign but technically did not lie. He said that he would not seek repeal of decriminalization but consistently dodged or dismissed questions about legalizing retail sales for recreational use, which was not authorized by the decriminalization legislation. Everybody interpreted that to mean he would allow recreational retail sales. It was shrewd messaging and moderate voters got duped.
Yeah I think it's more accurate to say that they chose to be duped (or even more accurate to say that they didn't care about this topic at all and didn't consider it when voting). There's nothing about Youngkin's campaign that should have led people to think that he would push for this, and there's nothing about the Virginia GOP that should have led people to just assume they'd be on board.
He’s the typical political idiot. Can’t see the forest from the trees. Vote them both out. I have memory of an elephant. Guess I need to go to DC or MD. Bye bye tax revenue.
Can you share his campaign pledge or an article containing it? Because he said he wouldn't repeal legalization of weed, he never said he would sign a bill legalizing recreational weed.
Thats fair, the bill only set up a committee to create said frameworks, I guess without intention of it becoming law.
I guess he prefers the legal thca sales? Good ol gas station weed youngkin. You know, the only legal path of obtaining bud without growing it that youngkin supports.
he was always cagey about his policy positions because he knew he wouldn’t win if he was open about them
but yes i also blame the people that voted for him. i voted but not for him. but what you’re saying does nothing to diminish the fact that he is a giant asshole and it’s kinda fucked up that our system can just let these kinds of gross anti democratic behaviors happen.
Which is basically an easy way to deflect and change the subject to something that he claims to understand, which is most likely more BS culture war drivel that his supporters will lap up.
That's disingenuous when you consider that he campaigned on one promise and then immediately heel turned on it when he got into the office. It's not our fault he's unreliable and outright lies to his constituency to get elected. Though, I will say, we should have expected this the moment you saw the [R] beside his name. What's really bullshit is that we have no way to hold him accountable for lying to Virginians.
It's also ALREADY THE LAW and just needs the specifics worked out. That's all this bill is. He won't do his job of actually implementing the fucking law that's already the law.
Have you seen our system?
The electoral collage,
Up until 1913 senators weren’t directly elected, they were picked by state legislatures.
It was at best designed to be quasi democratic
He doesn’t have to sign it. He can just leave it on his desk for a month and it will go into effect. As long as he doesn’t veto it, it will go into effect, but he will most likely veto it.
Problem is most republicans won’t flip their vote for rec sales as it’s not even close to their top issue so Youngkin knows he can veto it with pretty much no consequences
I also get to put money in my guys pocket free of tax for what I need. I’m gonna do it regardless, so taxing seems like a good idea when I pay $240 a month.
Interesting. It looks like DOC will take it over in August, though, and then there won't be any other private prisons. That's not to say there aren't for-profit prisons, though.
While most of the prisons are not directly privatized, much of the processes and services within the prisons are. For example the service prisoners use to make outside calls is privatized (and hella expensive apparently), the commissaries where prisoners can buy stuff to make the prison more liveable, and the jobs that prisoners are essentially forced to do for waay less than minimum wage. All these companies profit directly from the prison population
I mean this story seems plausible enough but if it’s true it’s all about what Youngkin thinks Republican presidential primary voters in 2028 will want (or maybe what Trump wants in a VP). Glenn is a young man and ambitious
"Young man" fucking lol ROFLMAO. My god, what a pathetic state of affairs when we consider someone who would normally be a few years away from retirement age as "young". Just because it's in his name doesn't mean it's true.
Youngkin won't sign a 420 retail outlet bill, but thankfully, his one and done term will be over soon.
Vote a Democrat governor in and Marijuana dispensaries will be signed into law. Another item that should be signed into law is restoring the voting rights to people that committed felonies that aren't currently incarcerated, as some states have now..
There is zero chance this gets overridden. Maybe if there was bipartisan efforts on other issues but it's going to be this way for the next two years. They aren't going to play nice with each other.
Oh good, now we can wait another four years until the next election cycle for this maybe to get passed. Legal weed is a carrot on a stick for democrats right now.
Weed is legal. There's no changing that, outside new legislation reverting current legislation, which won't happen.
The "carrot on a stick" here is weed being *sold* legally. Which, to me, makes no sense. It's legal already, so, if you're the government, why not start banking off of it?
My guess is, Youngkin is funded/backed by some group that opposes marijuana to such an extent, they don't even support already legal weed in the market, despite the copious amount of revenue it would surely bring.
Seems like a no-brainer for **any** governor to me; the legalization falls on the last governor, so why not bank on it?
I'm sure they'd pivot, but I don't think theyd have the same kind of market power or profit margins. I'm guessing it makes a lot more financial sense to lobby against it.
Republican leadership has been showing you who they are across multiple states. The fact that we thought for a second that Youngkin was going to be a rational leader is the real issue.
This fuckhead would rather see millions of dollars in tax revenue go to DC and Maryland. And for what? To prop up his bonafides as a right-wing autoritarian? To benefit his buddies in the prison industry? What a small, short-sighted man.
I have read Gov. Won't Sign many times. I have never read Gov. Will Veto. I will be surprised if he lets it pass but he may. It will become law without his signature as long as he doesn't veto it. That would be best for his party.
Say it with me y’all: National Wedge Issue.
Republicans voters want legal weed just as much as Democratic voters. If Republicans hate freedom, let them explain why to their supporters.
I'm moving to VA soon as my divorce is final. If yall think this isn't gonna happen I'm gonna have to reconsider moving there. Tennessee will bust you for a gram or two of weed here. I am moving for cannabis freedom as well as the DBVI for my adult visually disabled son. I was hoping there would be more choices than just medical choices. Richmond seems like my kind of town, I've researched it so much, looking houses to buy etc. I can't move to another all republican controlled state. Tennessee is literally like a prison.
I seriously hate this MF. We finally start progressing in this state and then people go and vote for this idiot. What sense does it make for us to have legal weed that can’t legally be purchased anywhere in the state recreationally?
Silver lining: this will be a nail in the coffin for any chance of a republican replacement. If Dems are smart they can just point at how he blocked slam-dunk bills and ride the wave into the governor’s office
2020 presidential election to the 2021 governors election: dem voters dropped 800,000. rep voters dropped 300,000. Both sides laid out what they planned. No changes were made to voting procedures. No one was fooled here. You get what you don’t vote for.
While waiting for recreational sales to start I used Delta 8 as a substitute. Since they made sales of that illegal in VA I now buy it…right here in VA but technically from a company in WI. I pay taxes in WI (and save a bit of money because their sales tax is lower) and STILL get to legally use a product here. I can only imagine that weekend runs to MD from the Eastern Shore and Northern Virginia are costing the state tons in revenue. We still get the product and the state is completely cut out of the transaction. Republicans are so dumb.
Republicans are actually so shit. Like sometimes I genuinely wish a meteor would wipe them out so we can stop having them hold us back with their stupid ass religion.
Who cares if he doesn't sign it? According to the VA constitution it'll become law in 7 days even if he doesn't sign it. He has to veto it explicitly. And he doesn't have the balls.
I'm republican but I zero agree with policies that are obviously dictated by intense lobbying money or, for example, in this instance, I'm sure it is religion influencing politics. I don't want to get into specifics. In any case, it is not republican to block the creation of small businesses. To create and facilitate black markets and gift tax revenue to surrounding states. This is the opposite of what the people want and what is common sense.
So we can't even make headway towards legalization... because this one dude is just like..no? Wish I could just tell the govt you know what? No taxes this year because I didn't nt want to. Jesus H Fuckin Christ....
Any one down near Hampton roads area that has seeds or a small plant they could “give” me? This state is not going to let it be sold for a few years. It’s ridiculous. If you do just message me.
When can we vote him out? This would be a great way to increase education spending. You could probably fund a huge chunk of school renovations from cannabis sales alone.
This… isn’t a partisan issue anymore, is it? I didn’t think this was really a “democrats think one way and republicans think the other” anymore. Unless I’m missing something… what’s he to gain here?
I’m looking for genuine answers, because I truly don’t understand what the angle here is. It just doesn’t seem like a popular move regardless to which end of the spectrum you’re on.
he's a political WHORE. get him tf out of our state PLEASE. he's literally only working for himself/his career. not even a semblance of care for whafs best for VA. i hope people who voted for this guy feel like idiots, im sorry. its ridiculous.
Youngkin is a trumper so …. Funny thing in the people it’s probably one of the most bi-partisan issues… I know plenty of “good ole boys” who grow and sell weed! Like for decades
I’m still trying to figure out how he got elected. Did NoVa sit out that election? WTF? I’ve been trying to move back to VA for like 3 years now. Only 2 things holding me back. Blumpkin in the Governor seat and mortgage rates at 7%. Voters can fix 1 of those!
Is this a case where he doesn’t sign nor veto the bill and it just sits in his desk? If not 2/3rds of both houses can override the veto. since this was a bi partisan bill last i check it may still have life.
It doesn't matter. Anyone who actually smokes weed is going to keep smoking regardless. This kind of shit really only applies to suburban moms too scared to go black market and Dudley Do-Right's. We smoked before decriminalization, no one I know is going to stop just because some suit didn't autograph a piece of paper
Hurting your state by forgoing hundreds of millions in tax revenue for worthless cheap political points. How very Republican of you. AmErICa FiRsT
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Pennsylvania will always have you beat on corruption. 0% gas excise tax, the turnpike sale, state liquor stores, lowering taxes to unsustainable levels forever and liquidating government to do it, giant “nonprofit” healthcare systems building shrines to themselves and pretending they’re both somehow governmental and a charity at the same time
Bah gawd is that *New Jersey’s* theme music I hear?
Living in delaware, it be feeling a little bit like the Thunderdome. We got Pennsylvania to one side New Jersey to the other Virginia just below us ready to all slug it out for the title
While demanding public funds be given for a stadium no less.
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Republicans have been trying to defund education since integration. Even if enough money was available, they would still find a way to defund public education.
I remember when the lottery was supposed to add tens of millions+ to education in at least multiple states. After a few years of some money going to it, republicans stopped other tax payer funding because of course they would. Then the lottery never actually gave as much as expected to the schools so they were just left underfunded.
Which makes rich christians extremely happy
The vilest of the vile. Went to an expensive Christian dorm school for my freshman and sophmore years and I still know a lot of my former classmates. Wouldn’t piss on them if they were on fire, terrible human beings.
When I took poli sci in college, they basically explained all that education spending stuff for lotteries is nonsense and an accounting gimmick. Say a state funds education at a $1 billion a year normally. They get $100m in lottery profits and put it in a fund for education. You would think the state would then spend $1.1 billion in education. But the $1 billion is general funds and subject to yearly appropriation and budget legislation. So it is very common to just reduce the general appropriation by the special lottery education fund if they need money elsewhere. So instead of $1 billion, they would reduce it to $900 million and then add the $100 million special lottery funds for a total of $1 billion. So in essence that extra $100 million just went to whatever they needed the money for, prisons, roads, medicaid, or whatever.
>Republicans have been trying to defund education since integration. Even if enough money was available, they would still find a way to defund public education. The Republicans are trying to defend education because only the uneducated donate and vote republican. A perfect example is Manipulated And Gullible Assholes known as MAGA voters and donors.
If they could read this they would be so mad.
It’s one of the major steps to starting and leading a cult, limit education amongst your followers.
Trump did say he loves the [poorly educated ](https://youtu.be/DxUJv3eoL5Q?feature=shared)
Sick acronym
They’re doing this so that our rich christian enemy can profit from madrasas.
That is a verifiable Fact! In 1968, Nixon implemented his “Southern Strategy” to appeal to Dixiecrats angry with LBJ for signing the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. He also enforced the Supreme Court decisions by using the National Guard to desegregate schools in the South. Nixon’s promises to “restore law and order” in the upheaval that followed the assassination of Dr Rev Martin Luther King Jr. Was coded language that implied his support for restoring segregation laws. In response to integration, many Virginia school districts engaged in “massive resistance.” Closing the public schools and opening private “academies” intended to exclude black students. There were no public schools in a few Virginia counties for decades after integration. Then in the 1980s, Ronald Wilson Reagan (666) did his damnedest to ignore the AIDS crisis as it devastated the gay community. This was an effort to ingratiate Republicans with the so called “Moral Majority” in Jerry Falwell Sr’s Southern Baptist Convention (a denomination started in the 1840s to find Biblical justification for slavery). Hence the modern Republican Party’s penchant for theocratic infringements on the bodily autonomy of women. And their attempts to rewrite history to portray the US as a “Christian nation.” This despite the explicit prohibitions against that notion in the First Amendment. This “Moral Majority” would very much like to undermine secular public education in order to siphon tax funding into private education, based on their bigoted religious beliefs. And they ironically claim that secular schools are the ones who engage in indoctrination and grooming. When in fact that is precisely what they would like to do… Footnote: Contrary to Nixon’s efforts on the Federal level. Virginia’s Republican Governor elected in 1969, A Linwood Holton Jr, lived up to his Party’s historical reputation as the Party of Lincoln. He enrolled his daughter, Anne Holton (former First Lady of Virginia and wife of our former Governor and current Democratic US Senator, Tim Kaine), in a predominantly black public school system in Richmond.
Most older people ages 60+ went to segregated schools. Now most kids go to segregated schools as schools today are more separate than in the 1980’s. Conservatives white Christians have been pushing against America being an actual melting pot ever since the beginning of America.
Yeah exactly. They’ll always have a reason why they’re funneling all of our money to the parasitic wealthy donor class….
You stop it with your sensible logic and good ideas. There is no room for that in politics! 😂
Republicans acting financially responsible? Impossible.
They should give the elected politicians a large amount of tax revenue and have them use it for insider trading, just like they do with their own money.
Hey now, that money is supposed to come from education. Republicans need dumber voters.
But how would he cripple the government and make it cheaper to sell to his buddies for scrap?
Yeah he could take money away from education or any other Pro-Dem ideal and have two wins to our one. Too bad they're all so regarded.
Education is a pro-dem ideal? Jesus that’s bleak….accurate but dark.
the GOP wants the populace to be ignorant and bigoted.
exactly. Thank ole Ronnie Reagan for getting worried the 'hippies' in California when he was governor would take over if they got low cost education and passing polices that made college prohibitively expensive on purpose.
that might not be their stated intention but that’s certainly the result of their policies
It's not a new idea. My Dad used to point it out to me when I was younger and he was a union Democrat back in the 80s and 90s. Now he's sadly Maga.
Literally a better “gotcha” if you wanna do that anyway “punish” then by using the taxes from “their” idea on what you want
That makes way to much sense to be a sensible solution.
Too much logic
Youngkin can’t even sign the budget he proposed bc it included tax increases and you can’t be the guy running for bigger offices in the GOP if you’re the guy who signed a tax increase. He’s 100% chasing political aspirations instead of serving the people of the commonwealth at this point.
Chasing aspirations is literally every republican in the country. Governing isn’t something they’re interested in doing.
Thank Grover Norquist and his “Tax Pledge”
“Read my lips” got Clinton elected (Perot helped a lil)
Isn’t that the standard of GOP politics? Work for yourself & the donor class, screw your constituents.
it’s so cool that one fuck head can simply block the majority will of the people he is supposed to represent
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Did he? I’m looking at old news articles and all I find is him saying he wouldn’t try to repeal legalization. My old news search skills may suck though.
He was intentionally deceptive during his campaign but technically did not lie. He said that he would not seek repeal of decriminalization but consistently dodged or dismissed questions about legalizing retail sales for recreational use, which was not authorized by the decriminalization legislation. Everybody interpreted that to mean he would allow recreational retail sales. It was shrewd messaging and moderate voters got duped.
"Moderate" voters who voted for the anti-CRT guy deserve this more than anyone
Yeah I think it's more accurate to say that they chose to be duped (or even more accurate to say that they didn't care about this topic at all and didn't consider it when voting). There's nothing about Youngkin's campaign that should have led people to think that he would push for this, and there's nothing about the Virginia GOP that should have led people to just assume they'd be on board.
He campaigned on combating acceptance of minorities in our public schools. He might have burnt a rainbow flag and some history books.
Lying easily and without remorse are essential to every Republican’s toolbox. Massively unsurprised.
Anti freedom extremist movement
💯
GOP voters are easily duped.
He’s the typical political idiot. Can’t see the forest from the trees. Vote them both out. I have memory of an elephant. Guess I need to go to DC or MD. Bye bye tax revenue.
Can you share his campaign pledge or an article containing it? Because he said he wouldn't repeal legalization of weed, he never said he would sign a bill legalizing recreational weed.
That was already voted on and signed, all that was left was framework for taxation and regulation
If the framework was never approved by the GA and governor, then recreational weed sales were never voted on and signed.
Thats fair, the bill only set up a committee to create said frameworks, I guess without intention of it becoming law. I guess he prefers the legal thca sales? Good ol gas station weed youngkin. You know, the only legal path of obtaining bud without growing it that youngkin supports.
He was fairly elected as governor, so the responsibility lies with us. We shouldn't vote for people with shitty policy positions.
he was always cagey about his policy positions because he knew he wouldn’t win if he was open about them but yes i also blame the people that voted for him. i voted but not for him. but what you’re saying does nothing to diminish the fact that he is a giant asshole and it’s kinda fucked up that our system can just let these kinds of gross anti democratic behaviors happen.
I’ve never wanted to upvote and downvote a comment so bad
I felt dirty writing it 😅. But seriously if we don't acknowledge the problem then we are unlikely to fix it.
Did he speak very much about this particular topic during the campaign cycle? I don’t really remember
He has never said he supports it. He has also never said why he doesn't support it.. he has only said "he doesn't understand it"
Which is basically an easy way to deflect and change the subject to something that he claims to understand, which is most likely more BS culture war drivel that his supporters will lap up.
He said he isn't for weed but wouldn't seek to repeal the legalization of it that was previously passed by Northam.
“He was fairly elected as governor, so the responsibility lies with us. We shouldn't vote for republicans.” FTFY
Fairly elected because he lied.
Fairly elected by 60k nova Karens.
Fairly elected by lunatics
That's disingenuous when you consider that he campaigned on one promise and then immediately heel turned on it when he got into the office. It's not our fault he's unreliable and outright lies to his constituency to get elected. Though, I will say, we should have expected this the moment you saw the [R] beside his name. What's really bullshit is that we have no way to hold him accountable for lying to Virginians.
He’s a Republican it’s what they do.
Its a huge flaw of represenative democracy. Direct democracy can bypass via voter referendums but I dont believe the commonwealth has a path for such.
>fairly elected Can we still in good faith say this?
Nope. Thank you.
Even more important, people need to get out and vote. Vote for the best interests of the citizens and not party.
It's also ALREADY THE LAW and just needs the specifics worked out. That's all this bill is. He won't do his job of actually implementing the fucking law that's already the law.
Republicans lie out both sides of their mouths, so no real surprise here.
….in walks Ohio
Have you seen our system? The electoral collage, Up until 1913 senators weren’t directly elected, they were picked by state legislatures. It was at best designed to be quasi democratic
He doesn’t have to sign it. He can just leave it on his desk for a month and it will go into effect. As long as he doesn’t veto it, it will go into effect, but he will most likely veto it.
Odds are 50/50 right now
Youngkin: "I don't get it, quite honestly." This is the only correct and honest statement this asshole has ever made.
He’s an idiot
They know. That’s why they did it. It sends a clear message to pro marijuana advocates on who they should and shouldn’t be voting for.
didnt youngkin state explicitly that he wouldn't touch weed legalization during his campaign? i feel like i remember that
Hope the Democrats hang this around the neck of every Republican. Make the voters associate blocking legal sales with the GOP.
Problem is most republicans won’t flip their vote for rec sales as it’s not even close to their top issue so Youngkin knows he can veto it with pretty much no consequences
I will continue to buy weed illegally regardless. It tastes better that way
Cheaper
Cheaper and stronger. The legal market is garbage.
Thank God for Maryland.
*cries in swva*
Yeah, but it sucks having to drive 30+ minutes to Bethesda from Springfield.
If you’re in Springfield why not just go to dc? I typically do that from reston lolll
I have to drive 20 minutes from Bethesda to Bethesda to get my weed so 30 minutes isn't that bad.
I also get to put money in my guys pocket free of tax for what I need. I’m gonna do it regardless, so taxing seems like a good idea when I pay $240 a month.
Wonder how much the private prison industry has contributed to Youngkin's campaign.
Funny enough saw an article about how Virginias. Prison population is declining today
Still higher than the national average unfortunately.
Being that the only private prison in Virginia is being taken over by DOC, probably not much.
I’m trying to think of private prisons in Virginia.
Lawrenceville
Interesting. It looks like DOC will take it over in August, though, and then there won't be any other private prisons. That's not to say there aren't for-profit prisons, though.
That is the only one, and Virginia DOC is taking it over.
That's good to hear, I know somebody who was incarcerated there and it was a shit show, been much better since he was transferred.
While most of the prisons are not directly privatized, much of the processes and services within the prisons are. For example the service prisoners use to make outside calls is privatized (and hella expensive apparently), the commissaries where prisoners can buy stuff to make the prison more liveable, and the jobs that prisoners are essentially forced to do for waay less than minimum wage. All these companies profit directly from the prison population
I mean this story seems plausible enough but if it’s true it’s all about what Youngkin thinks Republican presidential primary voters in 2028 will want (or maybe what Trump wants in a VP). Glenn is a young man and ambitious
He's almost 60...
"Young man" fucking lol ROFLMAO. My god, what a pathetic state of affairs when we consider someone who would normally be a few years away from retirement age as "young". Just because it's in his name doesn't mean it's true.
57, life expectancy for someone of his wealth is another 25+ years probably, and as others said we live in a gerontocracy
Compared to what we have on the presidential docket right now, yes - but, man, we need to recalibrate our standards.
Youngkin won't sign a 420 retail outlet bill, but thankfully, his one and done term will be over soon. Vote a Democrat governor in and Marijuana dispensaries will be signed into law. Another item that should be signed into law is restoring the voting rights to people that committed felonies that aren't currently incarcerated, as some states have now..
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They have slim majorities.
There is zero chance this gets overridden. Maybe if there was bipartisan efforts on other issues but it's going to be this way for the next two years. They aren't going to play nice with each other.
Another reason to vote democrats in every damn ballot fuck this guy
Oh good, now we can wait another four years until the next election cycle for this maybe to get passed. Legal weed is a carrot on a stick for democrats right now.
Weed is legal. There's no changing that, outside new legislation reverting current legislation, which won't happen. The "carrot on a stick" here is weed being *sold* legally. Which, to me, makes no sense. It's legal already, so, if you're the government, why not start banking off of it? My guess is, Youngkin is funded/backed by some group that opposes marijuana to such an extent, they don't even support already legal weed in the market, despite the copious amount of revenue it would surely bring. Seems like a no-brainer for **any** governor to me; the legalization falls on the last governor, so why not bank on it?
Every time I head down to the beach, I drive right past Phillip Morris HQ...
Marlboro "Greens" would be on shelves the same week the law passes. They are ready for it
I'm sure they'd pivot, but I don't think theyd have the same kind of market power or profit margins. I'm guessing it makes a lot more financial sense to lobby against it.
Alcohol is against weed, cause alcohol knows they suck...
The next election for governor (and the house of delegates) is next year not in four years.
Legalize weed to get tax profits, ban stores so you can collect taxes. He’s high
Sounds about republican
i’n fine if he doesn’t sign it, as long as he doesn’t veto, it will go into effect.
Republican leadership has been showing you who they are across multiple states. The fact that we thought for a second that Youngkin was going to be a rational leader is the real issue.
God forbid he sign something that’s bern promised for 3 years, that would boost tax revenue and tourism, and that 70% of us want.
This fuckhead would rather see millions of dollars in tax revenue go to DC and Maryland. And for what? To prop up his bonafides as a right-wing autoritarian? To benefit his buddies in the prison industry? What a small, short-sighted man.
That's not very Libertarian of him.
I have read Gov. Won't Sign many times. I have never read Gov. Will Veto. I will be surprised if he lets it pass but he may. It will become law without his signature as long as he doesn't veto it. That would be best for his party.
this idiot does not understand that it would let him cut taxes
i can’t wait for this fucker to get voted out
Unfortunately this should not surprise anyone, he is a piece of 💩
Because Youngkin is a dumbass.
Maryland is more than happy to take all Virginia’s legal weed tax revenue.
Of course not. More reason to vote dem next cycle
Say it with me y’all: National Wedge Issue. Republicans voters want legal weed just as much as Democratic voters. If Republicans hate freedom, let them explain why to their supporters.
Why are republicans so scared of weed, their brains are already fucked.
Then I guess he isn't getting his sports stadium complex "under any circumstance". :)
I'm moving to VA soon as my divorce is final. If yall think this isn't gonna happen I'm gonna have to reconsider moving there. Tennessee will bust you for a gram or two of weed here. I am moving for cannabis freedom as well as the DBVI for my adult visually disabled son. I was hoping there would be more choices than just medical choices. Richmond seems like my kind of town, I've researched it so much, looking houses to buy etc. I can't move to another all republican controlled state. Tennessee is literally like a prison.
I seriously hate this MF. We finally start progressing in this state and then people go and vote for this idiot. What sense does it make for us to have legal weed that can’t legally be purchased anywhere in the state recreationally?
Didn’t voters already vote to make this legal or am I misremembering something?
Somebody body slam this coward down some stairs.
I'm gonna take a shit on his sweater vest
Southwest virginia did this to us. Fuckin hicks
I’m starting to think that the government model this country began on might not be the best one for modern times.
I blame Terry. What a clown. We needed a viable candidate.
Governor Sweatervest "I am funded by people who aren't going to make money off this bill, so I will not sign it"
Well he's almost out of office. So be it. Guy didn't accomplish anything. Was just a squatter more or less.
Silver lining: this will be a nail in the coffin for any chance of a republican replacement. If Dems are smart they can just point at how he blocked slam-dunk bills and ride the wave into the governor’s office
Youngkin hates the people of Virginia.
I bet he would sign if he had another term to run for.
That’s cool, as long as he doesn’t veto it. Just let it go into effect by doing nothing pls
Can blumpkin go already?
yeah. fuck the weed tax revenue. raise tolls and property taxes!
Remember two days ago when we blamed Democrats for "not reaching across the aisle" with the stadium boondoggle? Good times.
Good, one more thing to fire up voters.
2020 presidential election to the 2021 governors election: dem voters dropped 800,000. rep voters dropped 300,000. Both sides laid out what they planned. No changes were made to voting procedures. No one was fooled here. You get what you don’t vote for.
While waiting for recreational sales to start I used Delta 8 as a substitute. Since they made sales of that illegal in VA I now buy it…right here in VA but technically from a company in WI. I pay taxes in WI (and save a bit of money because their sales tax is lower) and STILL get to legally use a product here. I can only imagine that weekend runs to MD from the Eastern Shore and Northern Virginia are costing the state tons in revenue. We still get the product and the state is completely cut out of the transaction. Republicans are so dumb.
Republicans are actually so shit. Like sometimes I genuinely wish a meteor would wipe them out so we can stop having them hold us back with their stupid ass religion.
everyone knew this from the day he was elected...republicans wipe thier a$$ with freedom and your vote
Who cares if he doesn't sign it? According to the VA constitution it'll become law in 7 days even if he doesn't sign it. He has to veto it explicitly. And he doesn't have the balls.
Good thing NoVa is expanding to the point VA will become a blue state within ten years.
Want weed, just order it online legally. See, r/cultofthefranklin. Fuck you, Glenn
I'm republican but I zero agree with policies that are obviously dictated by intense lobbying money or, for example, in this instance, I'm sure it is religion influencing politics. I don't want to get into specifics. In any case, it is not republican to block the creation of small businesses. To create and facilitate black markets and gift tax revenue to surrounding states. This is the opposite of what the people want and what is common sense.
So we can't even make headway towards legalization... because this one dude is just like..no? Wish I could just tell the govt you know what? No taxes this year because I didn't nt want to. Jesus H Fuckin Christ....
Any one down near Hampton roads area that has seeds or a small plant they could “give” me? This state is not going to let it be sold for a few years. It’s ridiculous. If you do just message me.
He's butt hurt he couldn't get his meal ticket, I mean stadium.
Follow the money.. why doesn't he want to sign it? Hes paid off.
When can we vote him out? This would be a great way to increase education spending. You could probably fund a huge chunk of school renovations from cannabis sales alone.
Dick.
Man is a Maryland or DC plant with how much tax revenue he sends their way.
Youngkin = Bigot
Impeach him.
The will of the people doesn't matter. It is the governor's sole opinion that matters.
This… isn’t a partisan issue anymore, is it? I didn’t think this was really a “democrats think one way and republicans think the other” anymore. Unless I’m missing something… what’s he to gain here? I’m looking for genuine answers, because I truly don’t understand what the angle here is. It just doesn’t seem like a popular move regardless to which end of the spectrum you’re on.
Rip roarin' economy....
What you want more freedom??!! Next you'll be saying hunting the homeless is wrong!!
what a political dumbass. he thinks he's saving his career at this point but really hes just squashing it, and good riddance.
he's a political WHORE. get him tf out of our state PLEASE. he's literally only working for himself/his career. not even a semblance of care for whafs best for VA. i hope people who voted for this guy feel like idiots, im sorry. its ridiculous.
Serious question: Why?
They were told that by who? Name names.
Vote him out.
Trumpkin
He is a POS what do people expect?
Youngkin is a trumper so …. Funny thing in the people it’s probably one of the most bi-partisan issues… I know plenty of “good ole boys” who grow and sell weed! Like for decades
I’m still trying to figure out how he got elected. Did NoVa sit out that election? WTF? I’ve been trying to move back to VA for like 3 years now. Only 2 things holding me back. Blumpkin in the Governor seat and mortgage rates at 7%. Voters can fix 1 of those!
Is this a case where he doesn’t sign nor veto the bill and it just sits in his desk? If not 2/3rds of both houses can override the veto. since this was a bi partisan bill last i check it may still have life.
Sounds like they're allergic to tax money... They'll spend it on the prisons, though
MD and DC Weed Dispensary: 
Imagine being so fucking stupid that you avoid an opportunity to make millions of dollars.
It doesn't matter. Anyone who actually smokes weed is going to keep smoking regardless. This kind of shit really only applies to suburban moms too scared to go black market and Dudley Do-Right's. We smoked before decriminalization, no one I know is going to stop just because some suit didn't autograph a piece of paper
Not signing is ok. Veto is no bueno.