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Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 4 Jul 2002 11:10:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
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> > > One reason, and there are many others, is that we'd rather treat our drug
> > > addicts through incarceration rather than giving them the medical and
> > > psychological care they need.
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> > Show me in our Constitution where:
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> > 1. that is anywhere near the government's responsibility, and
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> > 2. why I should be *forced* to pay for this
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> Umm...do you know what it costs to incarcerate people. I don't have numbers in
> front of me, but I can only imagine that it would be cheaper for the US
> taxpayer to help them than to jail them.
Do you know the percentage of crimes committed which are perpetrated by repeat
offenders? If we just keep them in jail the first time, crime would plummet.
-John
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