Sig heil!
"House backs plan to charge inmates
Massachusetts House lawmakers have approved a proposal to charge prison inmates $5 a day. House lawmakers quickly pushed through the new fee on a 106-to-51 vote late Thursday during their ongoing budget debate. The House decided to take up the issue again yesterday. After a lengthy debate, lawmakers again voted in favor of the fee, by a 93-to-62 margin. Supporters of the proposal say it is one way to help ease the state’s financial burden at a time when it is being forced to make deep cuts to services.
But the TAX SUBSIDIES to LOSER GREEN and BIOTECHS as well as to PROFITABLE HOLLYWOOD continue.
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Yeah, budget cuts do not touch them, their pensions, or their perks.
Opponents of the plan say it will make it harder for prisoners to get a foothold in society when they are released and could drive them back to a life of crime (AP)."
Hey, at least the authorities are being well taken care of by taxpayers!
See: Locking Up a Pension in Bristol
Americans Paying To Imprison Themselves
Massachusetts' Own Wakefield Prison
Massachusetts Justice: The Brubaker of Massachusetts
You should be ashamed, Massachusetts; however, I know you are not.
