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News: greens hold the line on drugs

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Problem is, whilst the greens might get more power as they get more votes.

With Liberal and Labours Strong Anti-Drug policy, the Greens attempts won't come through, but it sure is nice to see.
 
Greens economic policy isn't conservative at all. Tax and spend to redistribute the wealth
 
The greens' drug policy is about the only semi-rational thought that they have between themselves.
Don't ruin Australia just so you can get your dope without fear or hassle.
Don't vote greens.

This car is made of cardboard, weighs a fuckin tonne, and gets 2km to the tank... BUT IT's GOT SILVER FUCKIN MAGS!
holy shit, i'll take four!
voting on this issue, alone, is just as stupid as voting for Gillard because of the fact she's a woman, alone. Look at the big picture before you break something.
 
Ok I just posted a thread but apparently it was somehow a double up of this thread.

If you wanna support the Greens, donate.

Please support the Greens for a rational drug policy.
I just got this e-mail from them....

To date, the Victorian Greens have raised $45,390 for our election campaign fund thanks to generous supporters like you. But we are still short of our target of $225,000.

We must raise $225,000 before June 30 so we can fund our campaign plan. With not one, but two elections to contest in the coming months, we need a significant injection of funds or campaign budgets will be cut.

Please will you help ensure that this year, Victoria will have more Green voices in State and Federal Parliament by making a secure online donation today?

Recent polls show support for the Greens at record levels. But we know the major parties will spend big in the final weeks of the campaign. Only with your support can we ensure our message is heard.

Please make a tax deductible donation now* and help us share the Greens' vision for a sustainable future with more and more Australians.

Thank you for your ongoing support of the Greens.

Yours sincerely,

Richard Di Natale
Lead Senate Candidate

P.S If you have already donated to our election campaign fund appeal, thank you very much. Please feel free to forward this email on to friends and family and ask them to show their support for the Greens too.

* Donations over $2 and up to $1500 per annum are tax deductible. Donations made before 30 June can be included in this year's tax return.

https://greens.org.au/donate/

This is a video here on their drug policy. It's on their home page, they have nothing to hide.
http://greens.org.au/content/get-the-facts
 
pfft. Sorry no one should be donating to political parties. Paying some wankers wage so they can fuck around and eat expensive lunches on the 'campaign trail'. No thanks.

If these guys actually considered winning (which i doubt, they know its never going to happen) they'd set realistic budgets.
 
pfft. Sorry no one should be donating to political parties. Paying some wankers wage so they can fuck around and eat expensive lunches on the 'campaign trail'. No thanks.

If these guys actually considered winning (which i doubt, they know its never going to happen) they'd set realistic budgets.
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In a sense, you're right imo, but to date, parties like the Greens have received a fraction of the corporate donations the major parties receive. How then do you expect the minority, and newly created parties to convey their messages as effectively and as broadly as the majors? At least half of getting support is making a presence, being heard etc. Why do you think the organisation Getup is achieving so much? Partly because they got their messages out through emails etc, but also because of the donations they receive. If I'm donating, that's where my money would go, not to the parties, however, until political donations are banned outright, then the Greens need as much as they can get to help them claw their way up to even ground.

This thread has also spun off course. Let's keep to the topic and refrain from issues outside of drug policy. Discussion on other political matters is happening everywhere atm so let's stick to drug (policy) discussion.
 
Some people actually beleive in the cause and want to support it. Not all politicins are corrupt. And greens do win they got a few senators and will ge more next election and even possibly lindsy tanners seat in the lower house.

Bout to watch the video on their drug policy
 
MrIbis said:
pfft. Sorry no one should be donating to political parties. Paying some wankers wage so they can fuck around and eat expensive lunches on the 'campaign trail'. No thanks.

If these guys actually considered winning (which i doubt, they know its never going to happen) they'd set realistic budgets.
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No offense but you have no idea, maybe what you say is true for Labor and the Liberals but for the small parties like the greens the donations go towards the advertising campaigns on TV, newspapers, billboards etc. The greens are projected to win at least 1 lower house seat, and an extra 2 senate seats which more than likely give them the balance of power. Stopping whoever wins the election from having a mandate to do whatever they want. Off course the greens don't think there going to win the election and install Bob Brown as PM.

The Labor and Liberal parties consider drug users to be scum of the earth who should face the full force of the law. If you actually want to see some positive change in this country the harm minimisation community really needs to get behind the greens (or any other minor parties/independents who support harm minimisation).
 
I have full support for their policies, i just don't like the way they round up funds, it's just not right.

Fair enough they need some donations, why the hell can't they work for it though? Theres plenty of ways for them to make money in the community. I don't think anyone should read their policies (half of which would probably never come to light) and say - not only will i vote for this guy, but i'll pay him too. Kudos to you if you feel good about doing that - but I don't.

I understand entirely how this works, i wouldn't call the greens and unestablished party though, along with the co-alition and labor, greens are the next most popular party - with alot of their ideas breaching the fringes of mainstream.

Their drug ideas rock, what we do really need is far more liberal ideas - freedom of speech should be the phrase on everyones lips right now. With Conroys controversial internet filter, and his desire (I personal wonder how much the christian lobby and military/police agencies are paying him) to get the plan off the ground despite public scrutiny, and also scrutiny from other ALP members.

fuck i hate politicians. I think i'd make a good one.
 
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Fair enough they need some donations, why the hell can't they work for it though? Theres plenty of ways for them to make money in the community.
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Like what? Open a fish and chip shop on the corner? Seriously though i'm sure they'd be open to suggestion if you could point out other ways they can make money for their campaign.
 
theres all kinds of things they can do to help the community, and ways to make cash. Even if some of those funds go toward other charities. I'm not gonna go into a debate, but i'd rather give my money to a humanitarian organization (of which im not generally inclined to do either seeing as i see that as a scam) than to a fuckn political party.
 
They do fund raisers I'm sure but all parties rely on ppl who back thei policies and show their support with money. Donations from the community are especially important for the greens as most their steal from the rich policies wouldn't be backed by buisness or wealthy.

I definitely want to go into politics one day
 
fuck i hate politicians. I think i'd make a good one.
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A psychologist would have a field day with that one =D

Another thread gone off course. Closed. If someone has any drug policy related stuff to add, PM a mod and we'll reopen it.
 
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