What is all this talk about prisoner rights? Did these prisoners get sentenced to prison for committing crimes against We The People and are they not there as a form of punishment? When I hear that people like Charles Manson gets a hold of a cell phone it makes me sick. You have to look at the ways cell phones are getting into the prison system and criminalize the act of bringing them into the facilities. If it is a facility employee, then they should be charged with a felony and terminated from their position.
Prison is a place to rehabilitate inmates, not give them access to us in the outside world. They are there as punishment not to continue their criminal ways from prison. Sometimes it seems that some would like to turn our prisons into a type of country club so we don’t deprive the inmates of anything. I am not really concerned if an inmate feels deprived and I am sure the victim of their crime would feel the same way.
We need to reform our penal system so that our inmates get true rehabilitation in the form of jobs and education. Not rehabilitation in the form of body building and continuation of their criminal ways. Inmates should be kept busy the majority of their time in prison with very well structured programs that will lead to their rehabilitation. Free time would be kept to a minimum. I don’t know about you but I don’t have that much free time in my life and if we truly want to rehabilitate the inmates then the life they live behind bars should be just a busy as We The People’s lives trying to make ends meet. How would you revise our prison system?
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Friday, April 8, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Taxes that protect us from ourselves
Currently the Federal Government taxes We The People on items they have determined as unhealthy for us. Gee, thanks for taking such good care of us or is this just another way to get your hand in our wallets.
Today the Federal Government taxes:
Cigarettes $1.09 per package
Distilled spirits $2.14 per 750ml bottle (80 proof)
Beer $.05 per 12oz can
Wine $.21 per 750ml bottle
Who could possible argue that use of any of these items in excess is not good for our health. Are these taxes to save us from ourselves or just hidden taxes? Have these taxes stopped people from using these products?
Now the Federal Government is looking at taxing soda. Evil soda is causing us to be obese and the government will save us once again from ourselves by taxing the evil item. The USDA has reported that a 20% tax on soda could result in a 13% reduction in consumption of soda. It has been estimated that a tax of $.07 per 12oz can could result in new revenues of $10 billion dollars to the Federal Government.
Do you really think the soda industry is the only cause of obesity in this country? I think there is much more to the obesity problem. Have you ever thought about why people purchase unhealthy foods? Could it have anything to do with the high taxation We The People are facing every day, causing us to work more hours, more jobs, and makes it virtually impossible for one parent to stay home and raise the family. Families have less and less time available to give to family and are searching for easy fixes when it comes to food. The average family is also looking for a cheaper way to serve meals. Eating healthy is more expensive that a hamburger at McDonalds.
If the Federal Government really was concerned about We The People they would lessen the tax burden and make it less expensive to eat healthy. Let’s educate We The People on how to serve a meal that is healthy, assuming there is anyone at home to cook the meal. We need to find a way to go back to one income families being able to survive so that the children can get raised and educated by their parents.
What will our government protect us from next, red meat, cookies, candy, whipped cream, ice cream, cake, pies, pizza, or gum? What do you think?
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