THOUGHTS ON ELECTION AND THE WAR ON DRUGS

As the recent election has shown, our country is extremely divided. There
are almost no centrists left.

Because of this, I propose a new treaty with Canada. All the liberals in
the U.S. will be sent to Canada and in exchange, all Canada's conservatives
will be sent to the United States.

Democrats and socialists here would love Canada because it is a social
welfare state, and Canada's Republicans and Libertarians would love America
because it is conservative.

While we're at it, we could reform the legal code so that after five years
in jail, anybody with a death sentence or a life sentence is killed. That
way, we wouldn't spent almost a million dollars keeping a mass murderer
alive just so we can kill him in 50 years. The five years would be time
enough to appeal, so appeals would still be available.

Then, we could get the non-violent drug offenders out of jail, and we'd
have plenty of space to put the real criminals. We could end the drug war,
too, and save enough money so there would be no deficit.

Collin Woodard