I don't think it matters much who gets in the White House.
We face some big challenges what with the so-called conservatives
putting us 7 to 30 trillion in debt with the war to keep the oil
pumping and rebuilding Iraq. It was our future and standard of living
that they gave away to Halburton, the Iraqui government and Saudia
Arabia.
One of the challenges is the following from: The Wachington Post
LAND OF THE FREE?
PRISON NUMBERS SOAR IN LAND OF THE FREE
More than 1 in 100 adults in the United States is in jail or prison—
an all-time high that is costing state governments nearly US$50
billion a year and the federal government $5billion more.
With more than 2.3 million people behind bars, the United States
leads the world in both the number and percentage of residents it
incarcerates, leaving far more populous China a distant second,
according to a study by the nonpartisan Pew center on the Sates. The
growth in prison population is largely because of tougher state and
federal sentencing imposed since the mid-1980’s. Minorities have been
particularly affected.
The study also documents the trade-offs that state governments have
faced as they devote larger shares of their budget to house these
prisoners. For instance, some states now spend as much as or more on
corrections as on higher education.
Despite reaching its latest milestone, the nation’s incarcerated
population has been growing more slowly since 2000 than it did during
the 1990’s. Because of these policy shifts, the nation wide prison
population swelled by about 80 percent from 1990 t 2000, increasing by
as much as 86,000 a year.
By contrast, from 2007 to 2008, that population increased by 25,000—a
rise of two percent. Things just keep getting better and better!
(Source: Washington Post, 29 February 2009 http://tinyurl.com/2nqsmz)
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