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To: copycat
Hmmmm. Turning loose tens of thousands of convicted felons to save money. What a unique idea. Why, if we extended this to felons of other crimes, the savings would be astronomical.

I suggest you write your congressman with this absolutely brilliant idea!

78 posted on 01/13/2003 9:15:16 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
10,000 pot-smokers, charged with nothing but possession? Yeah, felons...

What's it cost to house a prisoner for a year, Bob? 40K maybe? Mulitplied by 10,000 that's 4 million dollars, and 10,000 jail spaces so we don't have to parole REAL criminals earlier.

How mush does the average worker pay in taxes yearly, Bob? The average income is around 39K, so let's say the average worker pays 8,000 in taxes per year. Multiplied by 10,000, that's pretty close to a Million dollars of lost tax revenue.

Net savings, 5 million dollars a year to government and 10,000 available prison slots to house real criminals.

95 posted on 01/13/2003 10:37:32 AM PST by copycat (If you're gonna send someone to save the world, make sure he likes it the way it is. - XXX)
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