On another note I noticed something interesting while analyzing the NFP charts. If you look at the data George Bush took office in 2001 with 132,469,000 jobs. When he left office there were 134,333,000 jobs. Which means he increased the amount of jobs in the country by 1.3% in the 8 years he was in office. To put things in perspective his predecessor, Clinton, increased jobs 17.1% the 8 years he was in office.

Some other notes:
Bush I increased jobs by 2.3%
Reagan increased jobs by 15%
Carter increased jobs by 11.3%
Ford increased jobs by 3.2%
Nixon increased jobs by 11%
Johnson increased jobs 19.1%

So with this being the case how do we stop all of this money flowing to deadly cartels on our southern border?  The answer is so simple and right in front of our face.  Legalize marijuana and make it illegal to import.  Funny thing is not only will this limit the money flowing to cartels but it will boost the economy and you can tax it.  This way we can have money flowing to the anti-drug programs in our schools and we can target the source of the issue.  Which is simply the demand.

Furthermore Joaquin  Guzman Loera is #701 on the Fobes billionaires list, http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Joaquin-Guzman-Loera_FS0Y.html.  You cannot deny that this is not a profitable industry.  To somehow suggest this would not have an effect on our economy is ridiculous. 

In addition to every other positive of legalizing marijuna we also have huge problems in our prison system.  They are overcrowded and as a country we cannot afford to keep funding these individuals.  If you were to release non-violent criminals we from jails and prisons we can save tax dollars that can go to way better causes.