NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Saturday, November 10, 2012, 1:41 PM
DR. DAVE: Boarding a sleek new Boeing jet for my monthly hop from Seattle to Alaska, another passenger was listening intently to his friend Denny pontificate the morning after the election. With both Microsoft and Boeing centered in Washington State, they were talking about the local voters’ intelligence, or lack thereof, in deciding to legalize recreational use of pot, to the tune of an estimated $500 million for the state treasury through a 25% sales tax!
BILL: I have to tell you Doc, I’m sick of this never-ending war on drugs. But what’s Denny’s point about Boeing and Microsoft except both are indeed centered in Washington State ?
DR. DAVE: Denny’s next sentence answered that for me too. “If I was Saudia Arabia or Taiwan,” he was saying, “with one of those fancy new Boeing 787 Dreamliners on order, I would want to be sure the sales sticker said, ‘Made in Charleston South Carolina’ and not ‘Everett Washington’!” Another listener chimed in that she wouldn’t be surprised to see the Boeing employees in Charleston starting to put “Made in Drug Free South Carolina” on their engine parts!
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