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/me putting on my Law & Order hat Why should the taxpayers be burdened by the results of his bad decisions? /me takes off hat
by UncleEntity 1y ago
/me putting on my Law & Order hat
Why should the taxpayers be burdened by the results of his bad decisions?
/me takes off hat
- jrvieira 1y agohow does the taxpayer benefit from the inexistence of rehabilitation programs?
- UncleEntity 1y agoIt's not mutually exclusive. Someone can both work towards rehabilitation and pay their 'debt to society'. If they earn over what it costs to house them in a Maine prison then, by all means, let them keep the excess earnings. If they earn $100k/year and the state pays them $1.35/hr then there are deeper institutional issues around prison labor exploitation which should be addressed. I used to have an uncle who was constantly in and out of prison over drug-related issues and he would do all sorts of work programs just to break up the monotony. Ironically, none of these rehabilitation efforts did any good and what finally 'set him straight' was the Three Strikes Law.
- brettermeier 1y agoBecause that's what a social community would do. But where you probably are, such an approach is falsely labeled as “communism” by MAGA anti-social assholes.
- 1234letshaveatw 1y agofalse labeling- Your lack of introspection is wild lol
- y-curious 1y agoAd Hominem is only bad if it's used against my in-group
- esseph 1y agoTaxpayers are clearly wasting money on this guy. Sounds like he gets out in 10 months, and an incredible amount of money gets spent keeping him there.
- glommer 1y agoI wrote a letter to the judge to support his early release. My initial plan was to hire him once he was out. I am very sad he was denied his request.
- BlarfMcFlarf 1y agoImprisoning someone is also a great harm. That harm should have a cost, so that it is not employed flippantly.
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