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Call me a cynic, but on the asset forfeiture part, how these things usually seem to go is that a few years after somebody decides that it all goes to education
by ufmace 12y ago
Call me a cynic, but on the asset forfeiture part, how these things usually seem to go is that a few years after somebody decides that it all goes to education or something, the jurisdiction's budget going to that gets cut correspondingly and reallocated, possibly to the law enforcement department. Then when you want to reform asset forfeiture, you hear "But what about the children in the schools it's funding!".
That's why I'd rather see them just get rid of it entirely while also cutting back on the War on Drugs.
- wskinner 12y agoMoney is fungible, so this is in fact what basic economics would predict. The root problem is that assets can be seized sans conviction.
- Abraln 12y agoI know this happens with most state lotteries. I can specifically confirm that the one in Florida was supposed to be for education, but like you said, the budget was cut by an equal amount a couple of years later. The sad part is the "money for education" thing was what got the public to vote to allow it.