Comments on: Investment advice: put your money into prisons http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/11/investment-advice-put-your-money-into-prisons/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:33:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jaybird http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/11/investment-advice-put-your-money-into-prisons/#comment-31701 Jaybird Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:50:08 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=11178#comment-31701 Would there be any left? Would there be any left?

]]> By: North http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/11/investment-advice-put-your-money-into-prisons/#comment-31699 North Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:46:13 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=11178#comment-31699 Couldn't we grind up the unharvestable parts to make meatloaf for the poor? Couldn’t we grind up the unharvestable parts to make meatloaf for the poor?

]]> By: North http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/11/investment-advice-put-your-money-into-prisons/#comment-31698 North Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:45:40 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=11178#comment-31698 If the League writers can be lazy so can I can't I? Bah http://www.tnr.com/blog/john-mcwhorter/murder-the-bronx-business-usual-suggestion-obama-2014 Hmm though turns out it's not the editors. Well now I'm not as cheerful. Damn you Kain and your styling round hat as well! If the League writers can be lazy so can I can’t I?
Bah
http://www.tnr.com/blog/john-mcwhorter/murder-the-bronx-business-usual-suggestion-obama-2014
Hmm though turns out it’s not the editors. Well now I’m not as cheerful. Damn you Kain and your styling round hat as well!

]]> By: Kyle http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/11/investment-advice-put-your-money-into-prisons/#comment-31667 Kyle Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:04:04 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=11178#comment-31667 This reminds me did you catch meet the press on Sunday? After Secretary Clinton, David Gregory talked education with Newt Gingrich, Al Sharpton, and Arne Duncan. This reminds me did you catch meet the press on Sunday? After Secretary Clinton, David Gregory talked education with Newt Gingrich, Al Sharpton, and Arne Duncan.

]]> By: Jaybird http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/11/investment-advice-put-your-money-into-prisons/#comment-31665 Jaybird Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:49:08 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=11178#comment-31665 The fundamental problem I have with the vector we appear to be on is that we are outsourcing more and more of our decision-making to the government. We have prison guard unions who argue that we cannot lessen penalties for certain crimes because it might result in a loss of their job security. We have outsourced our child-rearing and child socialization to the government... and Britain is showing where that vector will lead. This is the vector we are on. This is where we are going. We are outsourcing two very, very important things to the State Government that used to be taken care of by local groups and outsourcing to the Federal Government things that used to be taken care of by the States. This is a bad vector to be on. The fundamental problem I have with the vector we appear to be on is that we are outsourcing more and more of our decision-making to the government.

We have prison guard unions who argue that we cannot lessen penalties for certain crimes because it might result in a loss of their job security. We have outsourced our child-rearing and child socialization to the government… and Britain is showing where that vector will lead. This is the vector we are on. This is where we are going.

We are outsourcing two very, very important things to the State Government that used to be taken care of by local groups and outsourcing to the Federal Government things that used to be taken care of by the States.

This is a bad vector to be on.

]]> By: Jaybird http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/11/investment-advice-put-your-money-into-prisons/#comment-31663 Jaybird Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:39:29 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=11178#comment-31663 We need a Czar. We need a Czar.

]]> By: Cascadian http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/11/investment-advice-put-your-money-into-prisons/#comment-31661 Cascadian Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:32:45 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=11178#comment-31661 Hows about making sure there's sex ed and condoms so we don't get children we don't want. Maybe provide social supports and protections for professionals that actually want to spend time with their families. Heck, we could get crazy and give a year parental leave like they do in Canuckistan. Maybe even financial incentives such as tax breaks for families that keep a parent home with adequate benefit to the child. Or we could just do the czar thing. Maybe unionize child care workers. Hows about making sure there’s sex ed and condoms so we don’t get children we don’t want. Maybe provide social supports and protections for professionals that actually want to spend time with their families. Heck, we could get crazy and give a year parental leave like they do in Canuckistan. Maybe even financial incentives such as tax breaks for families that keep a parent home with adequate benefit to the child. Or we could just do the czar thing. Maybe unionize child care workers.

]]> By: E.D. Kain http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/11/investment-advice-put-your-money-into-prisons/#comment-31656 E.D. Kain Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:08:30 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=11178#comment-31656 Thanks, Kyle. Thanks, Kyle.

]]> By: E.D. Kain http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/11/investment-advice-put-your-money-into-prisons/#comment-31655 E.D. Kain Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:08:19 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=11178#comment-31655 Kyle, I believe so. And yes - the prison guard unions are hugely problematic across the country. The same exact problem as profiting off of crime, since their interests are very similar. And they have powerful lobbies. Kyle, I believe so. And yes – the prison guard unions are hugely problematic across the country. The same exact problem as profiting off of crime, since their interests are very similar. And they have powerful lobbies.

]]> By: E.D. Kain http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/11/investment-advice-put-your-money-into-prisons/#comment-31654 E.D. Kain Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:04:29 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=11178#comment-31654 I'm a little lost for words here, Jaybird. I’m a little lost for words here, Jaybird.

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