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trof

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23. From a purely practical standpoint...

Reply to NBachers (Reply #19)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 08:30 PM

Jan 2013

It's MUCH cheaper to educate kids now than to incarcerate them later.
The Great State of Alabama doesn't agree.
Oh they UNDERSTAND it, they just have other aims.

They'd rather keep our kids, especially blacks, uneducated and as a cheap labor force.
We spend a hell of a lot more money on prisons than we do on education.
And the state is basically bankrupt.

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So...we sent a deserving young student to the inauguration. [View all] trof Jan 2013 OP

Fantastic! NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #1

K&R Fumesucker Jan 2013 #2

Darn you, now I have this water coming from my eyes!!! Melinda Jan 2013 #3

Thanks, but it's just hard for us NOT to do the right thing. trof Jan 2013 #9

Thank you!! blaze Jan 2013 #4

Absolutely wonderful... Spazito Jan 2013 #5

Big K&R, my dear trof! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #6

How you doin'? trof Jan 2013 #7

I'm doing OK.........and not fast enough! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #8

I cried tears of joy through the entire inauguration Justpat Jan 2013 #10

You just brought tears to my eyes! babylonsister Jan 2013 #11

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. DollarBillHines Jan 2013 #12

That is possibly the kindest reply to any post I've made on DU. trof Jan 2013 #14

that is really awesome. sad-cafe Jan 2013 #13

Wonderful. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #15

Wow.... that's as deep as you can go in Alabama!... ReRe Jan 2013 #16

You ain't kiddin'. Redest county in the state. More about who went on the trip: trof Jan 2013 #17

You are doing so much good down there.... ReRe Jan 2013 #20

........... Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #18

And who knows where these kids' lives will go from here? NBachers Jan 2013 #19

From a purely practical standpoint... trof Jan 2013 #23

Wonderful malaise Jan 2013 #21

All who helped make this wonderful trip possible for those young people are..... northoftheborder Jan 2013 #22

AWESOME!!! Skittles Jan 2013 #24

You're a superstar a la izquierda Jan 2013 #25

I can imagine how happy and proud you and Cha Jan 2013 #26