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Some would be hurt by it. my main point though is that the current law doesn't stop people from using. kids say marijuana is easier to get than alcohol. ened it causes all the time. drugs hurt people but drug laws hurt more people. >> laura: 500,000 people are penalized because of drug use and distribution. that is in and of itself staggering number of people. >> why is that a good thing? some of those people adults who wanted to put stuff in their own body. the government says we can make america a drug-free society. guy to the title of my book it's the obama "yes we can," slogan and no, they...

The top federal rate. now, i don't know why romney, who wasn't even working actively in his business. he was campaigning for president, should pay half -- less than half the tax rate of bill o'reilly who is coming to work every day. >> laura: the principle is. >> the principle here is that rich people who live off their wealth in stocks which most people don't have shouldn't be paying lower taxes than people who go to work every single day. makes no sense laura, one of the biggest loopholes in the tax system. >> laura: i understand your point. the numbers are meaningless, $46.7 billion in 10 y...

Can't, because they have been unsuccessful, but what about this argument that if you depress the prices and, again, depress the prices, more people try it, and then the government comes in and says oh, no, we will tax it that's the argument you always hear. we'll tax it. put these excise taxes on it and now just have massive tax evasion, right? that adds to the problem of the difficulty in enforcement down the road, no? >> perhaps. but and i'm no advocate of higher taxes, more tax coming into the government is a good thing. but, ending the crime would be such a wonderful thing. we don't have w...

We then hopefully have a judge and jury. that's all his family has asked for. simple justice. nothing more. nothing less. he'll have his day in court and they will have their day in court. >> laura: do you think he can have a fair trial, mr. crump? i know you have advocated on behalf of many victims of civil rights violations over the years. given this atmosphere, we had a cop car shot up today. we had the police headquarters shut down because of protesters going, converging on police headquarters. some wearing hoodies. another man shot in gainsville over the weekend. reports investigating tha...

That could be filed here. it's falling on deaf ears with the department of justice and eric holder. >> laura: what about that in the parents of george zimmerman saying look, what about us? our lives have been threatened. we basically kant move. they can't leave their home. >> well, if they need protection, the police should definitely protected them. the primary responsibility for enforcement is on the state and local officials. it's not necessarily eric holder. >> laura: jesse jackson saying the fed should come in on this trayvon issue. >> that's the problem. too many people are saying too ma...