"it's cheaper to pay someone unemployment than keep them in jail. much cheaper. as long as they are not letting violent felons out."
Isn't that amazing. The cost of imprisoning someone is staggering. "No one released from prison will be eligible for unemployment. " Ah. But they may be willing to work for cheaper than someone else, leading to another person's unemployment. It seems ex-cons might have to sacrifice salary for employ-ability. "As for the welfare problem, if the families of the prisoners are on welfare, the re-entry of the male parent into the household will cause reduction of benefits if he is working. " Potentially meaning less money to feed more people. And if he isn't working, then the same amount of money to feed more people. Finally, if you are an ex-con and you can't get a job or welfare, where does that leave you in terms of making a living? "70% of the cost of the California prison system goes to the salaries and benefits to employees. " Seems to be a running theme with many government programs. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338274 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
