Banning marijuana growing at home, increasing the substance’s tax rate and altering how those taxes get distributed are among vast changes Ohio Senate Republicans proposed Monday to a marijuana legalization measure approved by voters last month.

The changes emerged suddenly in committee just days before the new law is set to take effect, though their fate in the full Senate and the GOP-led House is still unclear.

The ballot measure, dubbed Issue 2, passed on the Nov. 7 election with 57 percent of the vote and it set to become law this Thursday, making Ohio the 24th state to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use. But as a citizen-initiated statute, the Legislature is free to make tweaks on it, of which they’re attempting plenty.

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    You’re being either disingenuous or simply repeating talking points.

    FDR and many other Democratic presidents have campaigned on and tried to create a robust universal healthcare plan. Congressional Republicans prevented it. Every time.

    In FDRs second term, they told him the same thing. Then changed the rules so he couldn’t get a third.

    If you’re talking about the 22nd Amendment, limiting presidents to two terms in office, that happened after FDR was elected four times, and died in office midway through his fourth term. And it’s yet another way to put a giant thumb on the scale in order to give regressionist shitheels more power than they should fairly command in US politics. (See also: Electoral College, Three-Fifths Compromise, the filibuster, gerrymandering.) Without that scale-tipping, US politics would be way more left now than it is.

    You should be more informed on history before citing it to support your preconceived ideas.

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      FDR and many other Democratic presidents have campaigned on and tried to create a robust universal healthcare plan. Congressional Republicans prevented it. Every time.

      If only Dems hadn’t had a single period where they had majorities of the House, Senate, and a dem.president sometimes in the last 80 years…

      What’s that? It happens pretty regularly but we never got universal healthcare? And it was even the situation during FDRs time in office?

      Man, you’d be making a good point if any of what you’re saying was true, too bad it’s not tho

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        FDR tried to implement mandatory medical insurance for the needy, funded by a payroll tax. Not “universal healthcare.” (I was incorrect on that above, because I was taking you on your word.) Truman wanted the same thing, but for everyone; this was decried as “socialist” (because we hate the Commies). Private insurance, doctors, hospitals all lobbied hard against it, as I’m sure they still do.

        https://pnhp.org/a-brief-history-universal-health-care-efforts-in-the-us/

        There’s also a nice chart here which shows who controlled the Presidency and each house of Congress since 1901. Under FDR, Democratic control handled the Great Depression and WWII. JFK dealt with the Cuban Missile Crisis and Johnson did civil rights and Medicare/Medicaid. Obama did the Affordable Care Act.

        Since you’re hyper-focused on universal healthcare, can you name any Republican expansion of access to healthcare in the US? Ever?

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          Since you’re hyper-focused on universal healthcare,

          I mean, did you need examples of Dems against legal cannabis while Joe Biden is in office?

          Did you want a giant list of everything voters want that “moderate” Dems oppose?

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            Oh look! The goalposts have moved!

            Can you name any Republican expansion of access to healthcare in the US? Ever?

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              Wait, you complained about me being focused on healthcare, but you still want to talk about it?

              Well. “Obamacare” ended up being a more conservative version of Mitt Romeny’s plan.

              But if we’re only giving credit for what’s done (and I agree with that) then suddenly all the things that make neoliberals better than Republicans disappears.

              I mean, the only recent expansion of healthcare by either party was when Dems passed the more conservative version of Romney’s plan

              You’re making my point, the letter by someone’s name doesn’t mean much when majorities of politicians from both parties oppose progresss

              There’s just some with a D by their name that try, but progressives are still a minority in their own party unfortunately

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              Actually with a profile blurb like that, I don’t think any exchange will ever be productive…

              I’m just going to use the block button, feel free to keep responding, I’ll never see it.

              Just don’t have time for sovereign citizens who openly call for execution of politicians, even if they’re terrible politicians…

              I think you’re doing that thing where people believe the right position is always halfway between D and R

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                Do you even know what neoliberals are?

                You’ve made it clear that you have no idea what you’re talking about.

                Actually with a profile blurb like that, I don’t think any exchange will ever be productive…

                I’m sure you’re referring to #ExecuteTrump. Which is a reference to his own penchant for calling for the execution of his political enemies, under the cover of calling it “political speech.” If he can do it, so can I.