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A comment on Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American Lawyers. Parent comment

Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @01:11PM (#9577690)
> Taxing innumeracy seems a good start.

Taxing based on wealth instead of intelligence just seems more....civilized?

"The measure of a civilization is how it treats its weakest members."

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Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by LLWM on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @03:11PM (#9578481)
"The measure of a value judgment is whether it is enclosed by quotation marks"
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Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by ctdonath on Thursday May 21, 2015 @04:51PM (#9585309)
Old saw: if you want less of something, tax it; if you want more of something, subsidize it.
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