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Merika · 01-06-2005, 12:50 PM

Samson made a great post regarding possible ideas in increasing our public school funding. In that post... one of the suggestions had to do in revising our penile system.

Since Samson brough it up that my answer had nothing to do with the thread topic, in which he is correct that it did not....I thought we could expand on the one portion here. We can also start discussions on any of the other points made as separate issues.

A portion of my post regarding this issue:

I'd be more interested in finding a way the prison system could generate some revenue. We do a great deal of import purchasing due to the US just not being able to make certain components as cheaply as some other countries.

I don't see why we couldn't train our vast prison population to do some of these things. Pay them a fair legal minimum wage....and charge them out of that wage for a greater portion of their upkeep.....plus a good restitution program. It would be a two fold blessing. It would not only relieve the great financial cost....but also teach them some good skills towards gainful employment once they are released.
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Does anyone else have any opinions in how we could make our prison systems more financially adequate so the finances spent on that area could be better distributed elsewhere?

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Merika Retired Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 13,268	Our Prison System Samson made a great post regarding possible ideas in increasing our public school funding. In that post... one of the suggestions had to do in revising our penile system. Since Samson brough it up that my answer had nothing to do with the thread topic, in which he is correct that it did not....I thought we could expand on the one portion here. We can also start discussions on any of the other points made as separate issues. A portion of my post regarding this issue: I'd be more interested in finding a way the prison system could generate some revenue. We do a great deal of import purchasing due to the US just not being able to make certain components as cheaply as some other countries. I don't see why we couldn't train our vast prison population to do some of these things. Pay them a fair legal minimum wage....and charge them out of that wage for a greater portion of their upkeep.....plus a good restitution program. It would be a two fold blessing. It would not only relieve the great financial cost....but also teach them some good skills towards gainful employment once they are released. ----------------------------------------------- Does anyone else have any opinions in how we could make our prison systems more financially adequate so the finances spent on that area could be better distributed elsewhere?