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re: Casualty in the War on Drugs
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:09 pm to Topwater Trout
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:09 pm to Topwater Trout
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I think unemployment and welfare rates would rise
I think welfare rates would drop over time, fairly dramatically. It's my guess the rates of hard core addiction would be insignificant.
Prison limits employment opportunities, and you have to support dependents while people are in prison. Our rates of imprisonment are embarrassing, highest in the world.
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Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:12 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Prison limits employment opportunities, and you have to support dependents while people are in prison. Our rates of imprisonment are embarrassing, highest in the world.
And I know you are in AK, but Louisiana has the highest in the country. So we have the highest rate of incarceration in the world. You can't tell me that's good for the economy and "welfare state."
Posted on 7/31/14 at 2:12 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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you have to support dependents while people are in prison
never realized this
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