In a message dated 4/24/01 5:00:53 AM, alexboko@umich.edu writes:
>I don't think many people honestly believe that the poor are getting
>poorer in an absolute sense. What those infected with an equality at
>any cost meme find abhorrent is that the rich are getting richer even
>faster than the poor are, hence the gap is widening. Or in common
>parlance, envy.
and then fortuitously puts in his semi-random sig:
>bomb drug Bill of Rights
1/3-1/4 of black men are in the penal system, mostly for drug offenses.
It won't come as a surprise to *this* group, but years in prison and
a "felony" conviction don't help your lifetime earnings potential. Doesn't
make it easy for the man to stay with his family, either. I
wonder what the rich-poor gap would look like if the poor weren't
frequently imprisoned for victimless crimes.
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