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ALLENTOWN, Pa., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama may be looking for new job-creation opportunities, but legalizing illegal pursuits isn't an option.
During a jobs creation listening tour visit in Allentown, Pa. Friday, Obama fielded a question by a Lehigh Carbon Community College student about stimulating the economy. Specifically, the student asked, would Obama consider legalizing prostitution, gambling, some drugs and some non-violent criminal acts to jump-start the economy?
"I appreciate the boldness of your question," Obama said. "That will not be part of my job strategy."
Instead, he'll go the more conventional route of seeking out new job-creation opportunities, providing small businesses tools to compete and improving the nation's education system.
"Part of what you're supposed to do in college is question conventional wisdom," Obama told the second-year student. "You're doing what you're supposed to be doing."
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