Cartwright: Absolutely. We waste a lot of resources prosecuting people for ridiculous charges like possessing marijuana yet murders, rapists, and violent criminals go free. Going back to an earlier discussion, we need to decriminalize drugs, tax them and regulate that industry. We accomplish nothing by locking people up who have possession of marijuana. It hasn’t … Continue reading 2013 Symposium: We Have People Serving 10-15 For Possessing Marijuana And 10-15 Years For Felony DUI Yet Murderers, Gang Members, And Violent Criminals Walk Free. Does Our Legal System Need To Be Reformed?
Symposium Q&A 2013
Thinking Outside the Boxe — 2013 Annual Summit, December 31, 2013 in Orlando, Florida. Each correspondent is allotted up to five minutes. Only initial comments are recorded; subsequent discussion is not part of the record.
2013 Symposium: Are You Really Innocent Until Proven Guilty?
Cartwright: Legally you are still innocent until proven guilty by a jury of your peers. However, as we’ve seen with so many high profile cases, you’re judged and either convicted or exonerated by the court of public opinion long before you come to trial. And of course, the media fuels the fires of this for … Continue reading 2013 Symposium: Are You Really Innocent Until Proven Guilty?
2013 Symposium: Should Entrepreneurs Be Rewarded Or Punished For Starting A Business?
Cartwright: Absolutely, you should be rewarded for entrepreneurship. Being an entrepreneur is hard enough as it is. Add the government taxes on top of that and it becomes even more difficult. Wonder why businesses are losing their competitive advantage against foreign businesses? Labor costs and taxes. We have one of the highest corporate tax rates … Continue reading 2013 Symposium: Should Entrepreneurs Be Rewarded Or Punished For Starting A Business?
2013 Symposium: We Are Currently $18 Trillion In Debt; What Should We Do?
Cartwright: We’ve discussed this extensively before. I believe we debated it at length at one of the champagne summits back in October. The Republicans had the Democrats and Mr. Obama over the barrel back in October with the government shutdown and they caved in. They got scared that the media was blaming them and that … Continue reading 2013 Symposium: We Are Currently $18 Trillion In Debt; What Should We Do?
2013 Symposium: Education In America Continues To Decline As We Fall Further And Further Behind Other Countries. How Do we Fix This?
Cartwright: We have to stop teaching to the lowest common denominator. I’ve spoken about this many times before. You have all kinds of kids lumped into the same classes and some of these kids have different learning aptitudes. So, the teacher has to teach to the level of the slowest kids in the class. If … Continue reading 2013 Symposium: Education In America Continues To Decline As We Fall Further And Further Behind Other Countries. How Do we Fix This?
2013 Symposium: What Is Your Outlook For The Economy In 2014?
Cartwright: Either I’ve been wrong about the US economy for the last year or so or else the economic data being provided by various federal departments is wrong and intentionally misleading. Unemployment is down to 7%? How about all the people who exhausted the unemployment benefits and aren’t included in that statistic? And if everything … Continue reading 2013 Symposium: What Is Your Outlook For The Economy In 2014?
2013 Symposium: Do You Have Any Mid-Term Congressional Elections For 2014?
Cartwright: I hope the Republicans keep the House of Representatives and retake a majority in the Senate in 2014. At least we’ll have a chance of emasculating the Obama administration and keep it from doing any further damage to our nation and our economy. However, I would point out that I think the DNC is … Continue reading 2013 Symposium: Do You Have Any Mid-Term Congressional Elections For 2014?
2013 Symposium: Should The Congress Repeal Obamacare?
Cartwright: Yes. Obamacare should be repealed. However, there are parts of the law that a lot of people like such as keeping kids on their parents insurance until they’re 26 and ensuring that insurers don’t turn you down because of a preexisting condition. Let’s repeal Obamacare but keep parts of the law that people generally … Continue reading 2013 Symposium: Should The Congress Repeal Obamacare?
