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LETTER OF THE WEEK
HARPER WANTS MORE CRIMINALS
RE: “Call for prisons clashes with crime stats”, Dave Breakenridge, Aug. 9.
By now, it should be apparent that what the Harperites are doing is
trying to manufacture inmates. They want to impose a U.S.-style,
for-profit prison system onto Canada. This policy has been wildly
successful in the U.S. – what with more inmates than any country in
the history of the world and enormous debts. Meanwhile, a handful of
jailers get rich at taxpayers’ expense. The really scary part is
almost a third of the country is willing to ignore these facts and
allow Harper to blow $10 billion on jails, instead of making $10
billion off of legalized pot.
Russell Barth
Federally Licensed Medical Marijuana User
Drug Reform Analyst and Consultant
Educators for Sensible Drug Policy
Pubdate: Tue, 10 Aug 2010
Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)