Comments on: Dueling Crime Initiatives to Hit November Ballot http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/04/15/new-mandatory-minimum-initiative-to-hit-november-ballot/ Free Minds, Free Markets, Free Booze Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:56:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Sean http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/04/15/new-mandatory-minimum-initiative-to-hit-november-ballot/#comment-98680 Sean Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:30:19 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/04/15/new-mandatory-minimum-initiative-to-hit-november-ballot/#comment-98680 They want to do this...with the knowledge that AS IS, non-felony crimes are not even prosecuted by the Lane County DA because of the severe understaffing issues of our criminal justice system. Lane County enjoys, on average, 1.6 officers per 1000 people, which is far below the average of the United States, 3 per 1000. But damn, those drug dealers... They want to do this…with the knowledge that AS IS, non-felony crimes are not even prosecuted by the Lane County DA because of the severe understaffing issues of our criminal justice system. Lane County enjoys, on average, 1.6 officers per 1000 people, which is far below the average of the United States, 3 per 1000.
But damn, those drug dealers…

]]> By: Vincent http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/04/15/new-mandatory-minimum-initiative-to-hit-november-ballot/#comment-98678 Vincent Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:13:32 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/04/15/new-mandatory-minimum-initiative-to-hit-november-ballot/#comment-98678 "Drugs are bad, m'kay? You shouldn't do drugs..." “Drugs are bad, m’kay? You shouldn’t do drugs…”

]]> By: Timothy http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/04/15/new-mandatory-minimum-initiative-to-hit-november-ballot/#comment-98676 Timothy Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:32:18 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/04/15/new-mandatory-minimum-initiative-to-hit-november-ballot/#comment-98676 Mannix is an assclown, and apparently a totalitarian prick. Here's hoping Oregonians have the good sense to vote this measure down. But let's think about this for a second. 4000 people at $128 Million is $32,000 per person per year. If that's what it costs to put a guy in jail for selling weed, wouldn't it make more sense just to give the guy a job picking up trash on the street for $32,000 a year? I mean, sure, he'd be the world's best paid janitor, but honestly, at least that wouldn't mark the guy as a felon (making him largely unemployable) for life. The drug war is the single greatest threat to liberty in the US these days, and I can't imagine why anyone with even two neurons to rub together would support it. Mannix is an assclown, and apparently a totalitarian prick. Here’s hoping Oregonians have the good sense to vote this measure down.

But let’s think about this for a second. 4000 people at $128 Million is $32,000 per person per year. If that’s what it costs to put a guy in jail for selling weed, wouldn’t it make more sense just to give the guy a job picking up trash on the street for $32,000 a year? I mean, sure, he’d be the world’s best paid janitor, but honestly, at least that wouldn’t mark the guy as a felon (making him largely unemployable) for life. The drug war is the single greatest threat to liberty in the US these days, and I can’t imagine why anyone with even two neurons to rub together would support it.

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