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- Non-violent offenders NEVER go to prison.
I'd not be ok with this if I'm honest, but I'd think prison has to be more like Swedish style prison. The goal has to be rehabilitation as much as punishment.
I'd not be ok with this if I'm honest, but I'd think prison has to be more like Swedish style prison. The goal has to be rehabilitation as much as punishment.
I currently see prison as neither punishment nor rehab. For me, prison would be 'you have a bad habit of hurting others so you're no longer allowed to be with them'...period.
- Healthcare needs to be a civil service job run by the individual states and federally subsidized.
I'm not sure why it needs to be run by states, unless you mean to make it more responsive, etc. I'd say that healthcare is LARGELY the same from state to state though, so national standards and local control is probably a good model.
I'm not sure why it needs to be run by states, unless you mean to make it more responsive, etc. I'd say that healthcare is LARGELY the same from state to state though, so national standards and local control is probably a good model.
In the US doctors and other professionals are licensed by the state(s) in which the practice. The US theory is that states regulate individuals and interpersonal behavior. The federal government regulates interstate activities, crimes and commerce. States set standards for their schools, they license doctors, teachers and drivers. States in many cases recognize each others licenses. Some states have certain taxes that you have to pay like an income tax but if you don't live in that state, your home state will credit some or all of the tax paid to the state where you work off of what you owe the home state.
Innovation and job creation must be encouraged and protected...
BTW, I've had dealings with a jeweler in Ireland. Great folks, great products.
...health insurance as Americans think of it is anachronistic and should be done away with completely.
On the TV show Jeopardy, "The answer is 'health insurance' and the correct question would be: "How can we increase the cost of healthcare by 10-20% across the board with no benefit?"
I personally think America needs an immediate moratorium on all gun sales, including private sales, and a 5 year plan to completely buy back all guns off the street. I ahve no interest in gun control that lowers gun crime and death by 10% - great though it would be - because that still means 27,000 dead Americans at the end of a gun every year - hardly a successful policy.
I don't agree nor do I see that being any real answer. As was said in the movie Lord of War: "Where there's a will, there's a weapon." I do fundamentally agree that violent crime is mostly a symptom caused by other problems.
"...guaranteed minimum income..."
I've been talking to some co-workers about the same idea. I figure lots of people would be better off and the country would save money overall.
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