Boycott Arizona? Heck no, we’re on our way there

To the editor:

Under the category of "what goes around, comes around," I would like to inform various California government officials that their decision to stop doing business with Arizona over its illegal immigration law cuts both ways. My baseball-loving friends and I have decided to cancel our three trips to California for Angels, Dodgers and Padres games. Instead, we will spend our entertainment dollars in Phoenix and watch the Diamondbacks.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger joked at a recent commencement address that had he gone to speak at the University of Arizona, he might have been deported because of his accent. He probably should have been deported prior to becoming governor; perhaps California would not be in the trouble it is today.

I know California's problems are not all his fault. But after watching interviews with California politicians on various television shows, it is easy to see why the state is bankrupt. They all seem to be bankrupt of economic and common sense.

R. Scott Elsasser

Las Vegas

On drugs

To the editor:

If the Tea Party members want to shrink government and reduce spending, they should urge the legalization of drugs.

According to an article in Friday's Review-Journal, we have -- during the past 40 years under the War on Drugs -- spent $20 billion to fight the drug gangs; $33 billion on the "Just say no" campaign; $49 billion trying to stop drugs at our borders; $121 billion to arrest nonviolent offenders; and $450 billion to lock these people up in federal prisons.

And after all that, we are clearly still losing this war.

Why not adopt a U.K. proposal to allow drug addicts to visit clinics, where under medical supervision they could get their heroin, and then be able to live decent lives? This plan would reduce government bureaucracy, save a bunch of money and would allow addicts to be part of our society again.

Richard J. Mundy

Las Vegas