I would say that the explosion of incarceration caused by the immoral war on drugs could be considered a "social" program. On Jun 23, 2012 10:52 AM, "Jerry Barnes" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > "In every state budget I've worked with the last 20 years all of the items > you listed as increasing have been cut - Head Start Programs, welfare, > etc." > > Really? Medical care has been cut? Public education has been cut (I > remember many states bitching about No Child Left Behind being an unfunded > mandate increasing costs)? How about the number of programs? Have the > number of social programs been cut or have they grown? You haven't seen > any of the numbers about the impact of illegal immigrants on social > programs? > > I understand that many of these programs have been cut over the last five > years, but the 25 before that? Nah. > > > "Prison systems fall under law enforcement or judicial and certainly cannot > be considered a social program. " > > If you say so. Seems to me paying to warehouse and feed people is a social > program. Regardless, it's obvious that the prisons aren't working and the > expense has to be paid for with funds from somewhere else. If you want, we > can see social program and criminal programs. It doesn't change the > argument. > > > "So show me any evidence you have that social programs have exploded. " > > I showed you were to find the numbers. If you don't want to use it so be > it. I don't care either way. > > > "Just repeating it is not going to make it true." > > No, being true is going to make it true. > > > Anyway, the expansion has stopped due to the financial situation of the > last five years and cuts have been happening, especially in CA. So, the > numbers are continuing to change. > > > 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:352216 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
