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Originally Posted by _poto_
what I find amusing is that we're on the verge of a global socio-economic meltdown... many 3rd world nations are on the brink of collapse because of food shortages and the riots that are ensuing... the dollar being in the shitter hasn't helped matters either... yet people are still content to argue about trivial shit like dems vs. repubs...
sheeple...
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Poto - if you read the context of the arguments here, it's much more than just 'Democrats vs Republicans'. What we are witnessing on this forum and elsewhere is a convalescence of awareness on the whole political spectrum - Dems and republicans alike.
Said differently, citizens from all parties are sick of the status-quo in American politics, and despite what the main stream media would lead us to believe, we actually see eye to eye on more issues than not.
I agree with XCMP on pretty much everything he said; we both agree that the world is fucked up for the under privileged and their families, we all agree the war is a waste, we all agree that the war on drugs, pork barrel earmarks, etc are all a waste.
The disagreement then isn't Republican vs Democrat; it's how to best use our tax dollars and help the disenfranchised. It's a dilemna almost impossible to answer. If you are talking about paying for their college, you are assuming that they have what it takes to actually attend school and get through a program; chances are they don't.
Regarding welfare, if you give them too much, you incentize them to maintain their current lifestyle. If you help them too little, they will pursue a life of crime & corruption, and end up in Jail, costing us lots of money. As XCMP pointed us, prosecuting and keeping someone in the prison system is EXTREMELY costly.
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From Google Answers: Prison Expenditures
It costs $100,000 to build a new prison cell. It costs $200,000 over
25 years to pay interest on the construction debt; and in excess of
$22,000 per year/per cell to operate.
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It would almost be better to just put these people in apartment complexed, give them some weed and xbox and tell them to not commit crimes. Or institute super strict laws like Singapore. I dunno. It's all fucked up, which is why it's so hard to fix.