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By the way, that makes five straight weeks that Hampton has proposed new taxes in his Sunday columns. And every week he makes some kind of comment saying that he knows it is "unpopular." I think that David Hampton is retarded like Ronnie Agnew.

Tell you what Dave, we are in a recession. What do you think HIKING the COPORATE income tax is going to do to Mississippi businesses?


Consolidate counties, merge some universities and that means JUNIOR COLLEGES IN THE SAME DAMN COUNTY AS UNIVERSITIES. We don't need two houses of the legislature. Make it one. That means no more conference committee BS.

and last but not least, legalize marijuana. Would cut down on incarceration costs and wasting law enforcement resources. Tax it. Yup. Tax it. Oh no, we can't do that. Why not? What is the difference between someone jammin' to some music at home while smoking weed or slammin' down some Jack Daniels? Zero. Its time to put some common sense in the laws. Most of the bad behaviors associated with weed are already illegal such as DUI, giving to minors, public drunkeness, etc.

Community colleges serve a different purpose than universities, so closing ones near a university is not a good idea. The university has higher tuition, no vocational or technical programs, nor the transitional aspects some students need between high school and college.

Also, how do you suggest handling the legalization of marijuana? The ABC handles all aspects of beer and liquor. How could you possibly regulate something which can be grown most anywhere? Illegal stills are still illegal, so how would you distinguish between legal and illegal marijuana?

Good question. How much money would we save by not prosecuting and arresting marijuana related crimes.

Also, how much money would we save if we got rid of most of the ABC. WHY do we need a warehouse? let the retailers buy directly. We don't need a warehouse and distribution system. Yes, I'm aware we make a profit but how much more tax revenue would we actually realize if that whole deal was shut down and ABC was enforcement only? The retailers I know would love it.

Hampton is a fish out of water. His opinion nowhere near represents that of the C-L's paid subscribers. Politically he is as ineffective and unpersuasive as Donna Ladd. They could send him to Tougaloo to teach a class or two with Stringfellow and very few would notice that he was gone.

I think a sales tax on newspapers is an excellent idea. Instead of just running their mouths about everybody else's taxes they could have a stake in the state being run efficiently or face the prospect of their taxes going up. Higher taxes are good for everybody right?

Can just hear old Dave's momma saying, poor David thinks his shit don't stink and the whole neighborhood is being bypassed because of his smell.

Mississippi has several exemptions from sales taxes. A large one is RESIDENTIAL utilities.

Broader, lower, flatter is they way to go for the State's revenue. Having anyone, Hampton included, picking winners and losers in our tax lottery is a travesty since we ALL benefit from state services.

I worked at the C-L for years during that time I would meet Mr. Hampton in the office or parking lot. Each time I got within 10 feet of him he would look down and not speak, even if you spoke first.

He is one of those guys that thinks you owe him, and he owes you nothing. He even in a newspaper 101 meeting told the group the C-L was a very conservative paper.

Like another comment above the readers do NOT match the leanings of the C-L and that is one of the many reasons not one buys the rag today.

Heck you can't line your bird cage with it now that it is so small.

What the Haiti are you talking about 2:59? Liberalism IS ALL ABOUT picking winners and losers. LIBS LIVE TO DECIDE WHO HAS BEEN NAUGHTY AND WHO HAS BEEN NICE.

David Hampton believes that 'Big G' Government is as big as it is BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE THAT BIG OR BIGGER.

Anything smaller is a MONUMENTAL CRISIS of epochal proportions.

Picture a competing daily that ran 70% AP STORIES but focused SOLELY on Madison and Rankin where the people with THE BUC$ LIVE for its subs.

It would be GAME OVER for Hampton's employment. There is NO VALUE ADD left in the C-L beyond Salter and Ramsey.

NOBODY GIVES A DAMN ABOUT RONNIE AGNEW OR DAVID HAMPTON.

The more they tax, the more they spend, so the more they tax, so the more they spend. There never is enough in tax revenue to ever make the government satisfied.