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   KW> When you look at mental health funding when compared to law   
     > enforcement, it becomes apparent that we're letting people who need   
     > serious help on the street and incarcerating them instead of treating   
     > them. I want law prevention as well as law enforcement - fund   
     > facilities for those people who're on the street because of mental   
     > issues and you'll spend less on law enforcement and prisons. There are   
     > police unions and privatized prisons that will take issue with that.   
      
   I think part of the problem with that is a lot of those people want   
   nothing to do with a place where they don't have complete freedom   
   to come and go and do whatever they want. They prefer being homeless   
   to having to follow rules.   
      
   Obviously you can't colour all with the same brush..   
      
   On another track, I had a thought about poor people that struck me a   
   while back, it costs less to put someone through College than to put   
   them in jail. In theory, that would mean that offering free education   
   to poor people would eliminate generational poverty and reduce crime   
   rates since they would, in theory, end up with good jobs..   
      
   Then the black cloud starts to form in the back of my mind and   
   I think, considering they can't get a huge percentage of those   
   low income people to even finish highschool, would an offer   
   like that do any good for more than a small percentage?   
      
   Just a random thought..  (and see 'Colour and Paint' above)..   
      
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