1. Carlos Santana Offers High Solution For Recession

With bringing the troops home from Iraq, jumpstarting the economy and changing the good ole boy system in Washington, Pres. Obama has his hands full.

But Carlos Santana has a way to make things a little easier on folks as he suggested the legalization of marijuana. According to the singer, the action would be a good way of bringing in much needed income for worthwhile endeavors.

“Legalize marijuana and take all that money and invest it in teachers and in education,” Santana recently said in an interview. “You will see a transformation in America.”

Although Obama downplayed the notion of the legalized drug helping to pull the nation out of the recession during an online town hall last month, Santana didn’t see anything wrong with it as feels that legalizing marijuana is “really way overdue, like the prohibition with the alcohol and stuff like that.”

“I really believe that as soon as we legalize and decriminalize marijuana we can actually afford a really good governor who won't keep taking money away from education and from teachers and send him back to Hollywood where he can do ‘D’ movies and we can get an ‘A’ governor,” said the guitarist as he took a shot at California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Santana’s comments come as he gears up for his upcoming stint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The show, which debuts May 27, will run through 2010.

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