I can't believe February is almost over-where has the time been going? Better yet, where is my life going? March will be starting soon-which will commerate nine monthes of a college-free existance.
March will also mark my ninth month at The 'Dip. Like every deadend job before it, the position as a serendipity cashier/sales associate was supposed to be shortlived. It was only intended to be a summer gig, a temp position to pay the rent until I got my big break. Some big break-here I am in the same position. It's nerve racking for me because here I am, living in NYC, the land of oppertunity and dreams and I just feel stuck.
I'm still trying-checking out all the usual suspects: ed2010, mediabistro, journalismjobs, hot jobs, careerbuilder etc. So far, no luck. I know I need to consider other options....I just don't know which ones. What am I even qualified to do?
I need a life coach.

Selling Crack is Whack Iness You Tax

While perusing Queens Crap, I came across an article about a recent proposol by by New York Governer Elliot Spitzer. As reported by The New York Daily News, And the New York Post, the proposed law would require drug dealers to pay $3.50 dollars a gram for marijuana and $200 a gram for all other controlled substances.

The proposal contains a passage which speaks of secrecacy. Any dealer or drug user buying said stamps is allowed to do it annonymously and the without fear of the information being used to implement them in non-tax related crimes.

As such, dealers and users are expected to affix the appropriate stamps on their drug packaging verifing that the proper tax has been paid.

Spitzer acknowledge the unlikelihood of a drug dealer coming forward to buy said stamp. "[The] proposal requires 'prompt notification'" of the tax commissioner by law-enforcement agencies and DAs 'who obtain any information that indicates that a dealer has failed to pay the tax due," Spitzer's aids told The New York Post.

In essence, a drug dealer caught with three grams of cocain would be charged for drug possesion and related charges and additional charges for avoiding the drug tax.

Critics of the proposal have labeled it "The Crack Tax." Opponents of the legislation argue that taxing it assumes that it is legal. Many fear that the tax may be the first step towards legalizing drugs.

As absurd as the proposal may sound, it is not unique. Infact, Spitzer's proposal was based off a similar one in North Carolina; similar legislation is Tennessee and other states. As the Post reported the only people buying the stamps aren't drug dealers-but stamp collectors!

The proposed legislation further reiterates what I've said all along-that the government's war on drugs is simply a need to get a slice of the pie. Even if passed, I severly doubt that all illegal drugs will be legalized-doing so is not ecomical. The legislation would allow the government to have their crack and smoke it too; they gain a piece of the illict income while "keeping America Working" by keeping police officers, prosecuters, lawyers, drug rehabilaters employed.