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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: epicure who wrote (66090)11/6/2002 6:41:54 PM
From: one_less  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
I pick door number 2.

"You would care to argue that a populace that will lock up a huge percentage of its citizens for drug "crimes" isn't a police state?"

A meth lab was busted here last week. The four year old who was living in the house was able to draw a perfect diagram of the process for producing the meth. The deadly chemicals were all out in the open where the kid and his baby sister roamed freely throughout the day. The healthcare system can't keep up with the need for tax paid rehab shelters. Every violent crime, crime of passion, and crimes of theft statistic is heavily influenced by perpetrators on illegal drugs. Legitimate social ills such as obesity, compulsion, sloth, depression, etc. are considered high priority for the health care industry.

Fat, lazy, irresponsible, maniacs and the cops are not an absolute match, but when you add social services and the health care system you get close.
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