Steve Kubby for President

Medical Marijuana Cannabis Re-legalization Education Environment Freedom Constitution Bill of Rights Personal Freedom
Steve's Thought's on the War on Drugs The War on Drugs was never, ever about drugs, it's about bigotry. You can change the law, but changing the prejudice and fear of bigots who hide behind drug war rhetoric is a far more challenging task. It's time to expose the Drug War and the bigots who promote the ideology of "Zero Tolerance.This is no more about Marijuana than the Boston Tea Party was about Tea.

On the Environment Who is the biggest polluter in our country today? Unfortunately, it is the U.S. government ...Instead of guaranteeing your right to a hazard-free environment, government sets acceptable standards for pollution. When we make polluters, not taxpayers, responsible for the damage they do, the profit will be gone from pollution.
On the War in Iraq I oppose it. I opposed it when it was proposed, I opposed it when it began, and I oppose it now. If the American people put me in the White House, I'll end it immediately with a unilateral and unconditional withdrawal of US forces from that country, as quickly as can be done consistent with the safety of the troops. The war on Iraq was a massive screwup. Continuing to screw up will not unscrew it.
On PovertyFully 74% of government dollars allocated to the poor go to the welfare bureaucracy instead. We have to liberate the poor from government dependency. Only then will everybody have the opportunity to achieve the American Dream.
On HealthcareThe Food and Drug Administration is an unnecessary burden on the American health care system. There is no evidence that agency offers you or me any real protection. We have to move to privatize Medicare and Medicaid...to start innovative programs to replace these two programs that cost too much and give patients second-rate health care.
On Immigration At bottom, a border is nothing more than an imaginary line on the ground, drawn by politicians. What's important are not the lines themselves, but the people on either side of those lines. As your president, my job will be to secure the rights of the people within the set of lines that have been drawn, and to defend them from attack across those lines -- not to impede peaceful people from crossing them. By welcoming the poorest of the poor, we've always become richer, not poorer.
On JusticeKubby will order judges to instruct juries that they each have the right to judge the soundness of the law, as well as the guilt of the accused under that law. Once judges start reading juries their rights, ordinary citizens will finally have a voice in government. Citizens like you will once again have the political power that our founding fathers intended for you under our American jury system. Steve Kubby will stand up to corrupt judges, prosecutors, and politicians to make sure your rights are restored and that you have a real voice in controlling government.
On CrimeMore than half the people locked away are there for nonviolent offenses. They didn't hurt anybody. They didn't rob anybody. They just made, to some, a bad decision. Yet with mandatory minimum sentencing and "three-strike" laws, they spend more time in prison on average than criminals who killed, assaulted, or raped somebody. Our government's "zero tolerance" of drugs is directly responsible for:

Increased use of hard drugs; The invention of cheap and potent drugs like crack and cat The use of children as drug couriers to avoid adult criminal penalties; Aggressive, personal sales of drugs on playgrounds; Hesitation of drug abusers to seek help to end drug abuse; Increased violent crime; Success and growth of organized crime; and Unsafe neighborhoods.

We have to end this war and find peaceful solutions to the problem of drug abuse. Today's war is more harmful than the drugs themselves.
On TaxesAccording to the Tax Foundation, here's what you pay:

Federal taxes 22.4% of your income State & local taxes 11.8% of your income Compliance costs 22.2% of your income Regulatory costs 12.7% of your income

If we cut the government down to size, the people can at last keep their hard-earned money.
On EqualityAny society that asks government to divide people into separate groups, with separate laws, is headed for disaster. "The Negro's great stumbling block is not the White Citizen's Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom." -Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from Birmingham jail, April 16, 1963