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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: one_less who wrote (90056)3/15/2007 5:55:00 PM
From: American Spirit  Read Replies (1) of 173976
 
We have way too many Americans in jail. It's absurd how many we have, and it's very-very expensive. Obviously, many of them deserve and need to be there, but many others don't.

Prisoners cost society $50,000 a year to incarcerate. It costs about $20,000 to send a young person to college. Which is better for the country, especially if the young person is only guilty of drug use or some other victimless crime?

This is a major problem, and there are far too many special interests pushing for more and more people to go to prison. But what about the really big criminals? The ones who gouge us at the gas pump, pollute our skies, corrupt our politicians, fix drug prices or force us into needless wars for profit? Why are they not in prison? Why is the kid who smokes a joint in prison and the CEO of Halliburton not? Halliburton is guilty of ripping off at least a billion dollars from US taxpayers.
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