tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post7060551830656773260..comments2024-01-19T04:29:08.081-06:00Comments on subrealism: oil prices - a complicated explanationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-46885901091178124192015-02-14T18:55:36.575-06:002015-02-14T18:55:36.575-06:00All these articles make it sound like using drugs ...All these articles make it sound like using drugs is the only non violent crime out there. Like when the article says: " Today, almost half of state prisoners are convicted of non-violent crimes. More than half of federal prisoners are serving time for drug offenses. The system is no longer prioritizing arresting,prosecuting, and incarcerating the most dangerous or habitual offenders. In this case, each additional prisoner will, on average, yield less in terms of crime reduction. We have incarcerated those we should not have."<br /><br /><br />It almost implies the non-violent crime we are talking about is drugs. Yet state prisons only have about 16% incarcerated for drugs and totally 25% of the US prison population is incarcerated because of drug violations. I can't believe it will be smart for our country to publicize we shouldn't be and won't be incarcerating non-violent offenders, which by definition include: property crimes, theft, embezzlement, buying stolen goods, arson, tax crimes, fraud, and white collar crime, racketeering, prostitution, bribery, gambling, drug and various alcohol crimes. <br /><br /><br />If the argument is we should let all drug violators go, make the argument for that. But I think it would be helpful to quit using terms like non-violent offenders as interchangeable with drug violators. I think the use of the non-violent term is to make the drug incarceration issue bigger than it really is.kennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-28441944971124422032015-02-13T15:35:13.266-06:002015-02-13T15:35:13.266-06:00Pundits just admitted their scam:
http://www.poli...Pundits just admitted their scam:<br /><br />http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/article/2015/feb/09/pundits-and-punditfact-collide/<br /><br />Vic78noreply@blogger.com