Why California Is Doomed

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[quote=scaredycat]what i envision is a much, much greater and stricter divide between haves and have-nots. For years we’ve put a world-record-setting percentage of people in prison. Some argue that’s not just about law and order, but that imprisonment is big business — provides a solution to what to do with some of the unemployable, while making money from their misery. I expect that trend to cotinue, and to expand in unexpected ways. Not sure what it will look like. I doubt we can physically imprison 20-30% of the population. but perhaps home detention, electronic monitoring, defined boundaries, greater restrictions on liberty for law violations, like trespassing,food theft, homelessness related crimes…so much so that the nature of the way we live and relate to each other changes. I know this is pretty negative and creepy and probably unlikely…[/quote]

I’m not so sure it’s that unlikely…

[scaredyclassic]

so, um, withut a middle class, who pays all the mortgages on all these houses?

[scaredyclassic]

so, um, withut a middle class, who pays all the mortgages on all these houses?

[scaredyclassic]

so, um, withut a middle class, who pays all the mortgages on all these houses?

[scaredyclassic]

so, um, withut a middle class, who pays all the mortgages on all these houses?

[scaredyclassic]

so, um, withut a middle class, who pays all the mortgages on all these houses?

[danielwis]

[quote=scaredycat]is the money really sitting somewhere waiting to buy a house? or did we blow it on iphones and booze?

unemployment would surge if you outsourced prisons — there’s a lot of guards.[/quote]

But, private companies would have to hire guards, so many of them would transition from public to private sector. I’ve often wondered why this hasn’t already occurred. I guess things aren’t bad enough yet….

[danielwis]

[quote=scaredycat]is the money really sitting somewhere waiting to buy a house? or did we blow it on iphones and booze?

unemployment would surge if you outsourced prisons — there’s a lot of guards.[/quote]

But, private companies would have to hire guards, so many of them would transition from public to private sector. I’ve often wondered why this hasn’t already occurred. I guess things aren’t bad enough yet….

[danielwis]

[quote=scaredycat]is the money really sitting somewhere waiting to buy a house? or did we blow it on iphones and booze?

unemployment would surge if you outsourced prisons — there’s a lot of guards.[/quote]

But, private companies would have to hire guards, so many of them would transition from public to private sector. I’ve often wondered why this hasn’t already occurred. I guess things aren’t bad enough yet….

[danielwis]

[quote=scaredycat]is the money really sitting somewhere waiting to buy a house? or did we blow it on iphones and booze?

unemployment would surge if you outsourced prisons — there’s a lot of guards.[/quote]

But, private companies would have to hire guards, so many of them would transition from public to private sector. I’ve often wondered why this hasn’t already occurred. I guess things aren’t bad enough yet….

[danielwis]

[quote=scaredycat]is the money really sitting somewhere waiting to buy a house? or did we blow it on iphones and booze?

unemployment would surge if you outsourced prisons — there’s a lot of guards.[/quote]

But, private companies would have to hire guards, so many of them would transition from public to private sector. I’ve often wondered why this hasn’t already occurred. I guess things aren’t bad enough yet….

[danielwis]

[quote=paramount][quote=scaredycat]what i envision is a much, much greater and stricter divide between haves and have-nots. For years we’ve put a world-record-setting percentage of people in prison. Some argue that’s not just about law and order, but that imprisonment is big business — provides a solution to what to do with some of the unemployable, while making money from their misery. I expect that trend to cotinue, and to expand in unexpected ways. Not sure what it will look like. I doubt we can physically imprison 20-30% of the population. but perhaps home detention, electronic monitoring, defined boundaries, greater restrictions on liberty for law violations, like trespassing,food theft, homelessness related crimes…so much so that the nature of the way we live and relate to each other changes. I know this is pretty negative and creepy and probably unlikely…[/quote]

I’m not so sure it’s that unlikely…[/quote]

Let the pot smokers out, and put the property crime delinquents behind bars.

[danielwis]

[quote=paramount][quote=scaredycat]what i envision is a much, much greater and stricter divide between haves and have-nots. For years we’ve put a world-record-setting percentage of people in prison. Some argue that’s not just about law and order, but that imprisonment is big business — provides a solution to what to do with some of the unemployable, while making money from their misery. I expect that trend to cotinue, and to expand in unexpected ways. Not sure what it will look like. I doubt we can physically imprison 20-30% of the population. but perhaps home detention, electronic monitoring, defined boundaries, greater restrictions on liberty for law violations, like trespassing,food theft, homelessness related crimes…so much so that the nature of the way we live and relate to each other changes. I know this is pretty negative and creepy and probably unlikely…[/quote]

I’m not so sure it’s that unlikely…[/quote]

Let the pot smokers out, and put the property crime delinquents behind bars.

[danielwis]

[quote=paramount][quote=scaredycat]what i envision is a much, much greater and stricter divide between haves and have-nots. For years we’ve put a world-record-setting percentage of people in prison. Some argue that’s not just about law and order, but that imprisonment is big business — provides a solution to what to do with some of the unemployable, while making money from their misery. I expect that trend to cotinue, and to expand in unexpected ways. Not sure what it will look like. I doubt we can physically imprison 20-30% of the population. but perhaps home detention, electronic monitoring, defined boundaries, greater restrictions on liberty for law violations, like trespassing,food theft, homelessness related crimes…so much so that the nature of the way we live and relate to each other changes. I know this is pretty negative and creepy and probably unlikely…[/quote]

I’m not so sure it’s that unlikely…[/quote]

Let the pot smokers out, and put the property crime delinquents behind bars.

[danielwis]

[quote=paramount][quote=scaredycat]what i envision is a much, much greater and stricter divide between haves and have-nots. For years we’ve put a world-record-setting percentage of people in prison. Some argue that’s not just about law and order, but that imprisonment is big business — provides a solution to what to do with some of the unemployable, while making money from their misery. I expect that trend to cotinue, and to expand in unexpected ways. Not sure what it will look like. I doubt we can physically imprison 20-30% of the population. but perhaps home detention, electronic monitoring, defined boundaries, greater restrictions on liberty for law violations, like trespassing,food theft, homelessness related crimes…so much so that the nature of the way we live and relate to each other changes. I know this is pretty negative and creepy and probably unlikely…[/quote]

I’m not so sure it’s that unlikely…[/quote]

Let the pot smokers out, and put the property crime delinquents behind bars.

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