There are 743 people in prison for every 100,000 Americans, a higher portion than in any other country and seven times as great as in Europe. Some 7.2 million people are either in prison or on probation or parole — more than 3 percent of all American adults!
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Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pointed out that, in 1980, 10 percent of his state’s budget went to higher education and 3 percent to prisons; in 2010, almost 11 percent went to prisons and only 7.5 percent to higher education.
That we'd rather lock up our kids than educate them says a lot.
Hell, with Carter's stance on The Middle East and our drug laws, I'd vote for him over all the other bozo's we have running for president today.
tnb
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