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09-20-2005, 11:40 PM

Hi,

kandrathe,Sep 20 2005, 07:33 AM Wrote:This is the same trend in my State and I would surmise most.
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Let's be careful of the inference we make on the basis of this datum. The cost of everything is going up. Schools have two (actually more) sources of income: tuition and tax base. Prisons do not. So, while it is possible to pass more of the cost of education to the students, it is not really possible to pass the cost of incarceration to the prisoners. Since a combination of inefficiency and corruption has made running the states more expensive, and since the legislatures of the states are ball-less when it comes to increasing taxes to keep up with inflation, the states have to 'do' more with less income. Services which are perceived as 'unnecessary' by the general population (welfare, mental health, medical care for the poor, etc.) are slashed not least because those directly effected are typically not voters. Services which are perceived as more necessary (police, fire, roads, etc.) are cut as much as possible without bringing on an uproar from the voters as they watch their houses burn down and their tires explode. Services which are considered essential (like protecting the general public from those dangerous marijuana users, taggers, and shoplifters) have to be fully funded lest the politician preaching rational moderation be voted out of office for being "soft on crime". The pie is only so big. Popular issues (i.e., those that get the politicians re-elected) get big pieces. Neutral issues (and in our "I didn't make it past high school, so why do my kids need college" society, education is at best a neutral issue) get little pieces. And the rest get none at all. That is the end result of trying to run a Jeffersonian democracy with a Madesonian population.

Besides, our school system does a better job of preparing people for prison than for university. Make sense to spend the money where it will be used ;)

Quote:. . . sane criminals . . .

Looks like an oxymoron to me.

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