In any sane civilian policy, the collateral damage of the drug war to ourselves and our neighbors would long since have been found unacceptable.
This would result in lower consumer spending - the opposite of sane economic policy.
Each would tilt spending away from long-term investment, the very opposite of sane policy.
Some bills are symbolic, most are simply spiteful, and their effect is a chaotic patchwork, not a sane national policy.
It's not the only way to reduce violence, but it is a critical component of any sane policy.
After the hearing, Lacayo said, "Oppenheimer would never again feel comfortable as a public advocate for a sane nuclear policy."
It was time to begin showing them how things were going to be, how they must be, if a sane, sound policy was to emerge.
He got precious little White House support but kept fighting for saner fiscal policy.
Any sane policy would hold that what consenting adults do in private is nobody else's business.
Today, many NGOs exist specifically for the purpose of promoting sane long-term environmental policies.