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n2doc

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1. Building prisons to house drug offenders and the mentally ill is much more important

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri May 11, 2012, 10:36 AM

May 2012

All those dollars that used to go to education now go to the prison industry.

California used to have a higher ed system that was the envy of the world, and helped drive their economy. Now they are trying to become Texas-lite. Of course, the right wingers will say it is all due to illegals and public pensions.

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Building prisons to house drug offenders and the mentally ill is much more important n2doc May 2012 #1