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Re:We are sending more foster kids to prison than to college by coredog64 on Monday January 18, 2021 @01:26PM (#25824831)
Just to pick on one player, California prison workers’ union have immense political power. They have many members, and their self-interest is more prisons and more prisoners.

To go further, when you warehouse a bunch of people who can’t vote in a geographical area, you create a situation where few voters get to wield disproportionate power at all levels.

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Re:We are sending more foster kids to prison than to college by hedora on Monday January 18, 2021 @09:06PM (#25829142)
Also, if you warehouse people of child rearing age, then you’ll get fewer of that demographic in future elections (20 years from now).
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Re:We are sending more foster kids to prison than to college by mikem170 on Monday January 18, 2021 @09:48PM (#25829423)
I took a quick look at campaign financing laws in some other countries (UK, Germany, Canada, and Japan) and it seemed that the U.S. was the exception in allowing trade unions and industry associations to give money to politicians, along with unrestricted corporate contributions to political causes.

What would be considered bribery in many other countries is still legal in the U.S.

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