and by the way, equalizing that doesn t need to be all that crazily expensive. so i would say that s one of the things that ought to be on the table. another thing i wanted to talk about, maybe if anybody else has anything to say, is the wall street part of this, which also, for folks in the 1980s, was so important in changing the system, changing who was supposed to do better in the american economic system, from main street to wall street. and the degree to which before the 80s wall street did not run our economic system, and after the 80s they really have. and the stock market and the dow became the all-encompassing metric for how things were doing. and of course, you know, a tiny fraction of americans own a vast majority of stock, even though half of us own stock in some
against this. this country is becoming more progressive and more libertarian, if you might prefer that phrase. but more of a live and let live attitude and that s what these polls. i was going to ask what this is all about. josh, certainly that is the case about marijuana. a lot has to do with the fact that you have people who are 60, 65 years old who was smoking pot in college dorm rooms. everything is the boomer s fault. they re going to, can i say it? in the 70s they gave us disco and polyester. destroying the fabric of this country. 80s wall street greed and 90s bill clinton and now pot heads and they re going to bankrupt us. well, they may. but a lot of people are comparing this to marriage equality. i think it is different. can we get to guns? senator dianne feinstein a