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DACT (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 05:37 PM Original message |
Most ex felons are poor because society judges them |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Most people are poor because they are ex-felons? |
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DACT (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 05:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It's not PC, but its the fact |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 05:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Your wording implies that most poor people are ex-felons. |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 05:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It certainly is an exaggerated claim... |
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BigDaddyLove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 06:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. If someone is a convicted felon.................... |
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ldoolin (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 07:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Nevada is a special case |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 05:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. That statement is so full of holes one post can't tackle it all. |
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DACT (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 05:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I'm going to change my title to that |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 06:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. that's a good way of avoiding backing up your claims |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. Not necessarily true.. |
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Don_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 06:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. As A Member Of DU |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 06:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Don.. were you asking me?? |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. how does that account for half the unemployment rate? |
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DACT (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 05:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I know that there are 2 million people in jail |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 05:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. people in jail do not collect unemployment, nor are they "ex"-felons |
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DACT (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 05:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Once they get out of jail, they become ex-felons |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 06:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. you are dodging my question |
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( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's against the law to be poor |
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DACT (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 05:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. We have a few laws like that, unfortunately |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 05:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. So.. poor people should just...vanish?? |
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DACT (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 06:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. My solution is eliminate criminal records after sentence completion |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 06:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. That does not address the "repeat offender" issues |
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childslibrarian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. I was a social worker for 16 years |
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BringEmOn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. Charles Murray, is that you? |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. Most poor in the US are mothers and their children in situations where |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. Would you clarify |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
21. Much "better" title.. |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. A person doesn't "suddenly" become a felon, usually. |
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ldoolin (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 08:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. But... |
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ldoolin (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-03 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
30. Possible solution |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-03 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
31. Most ex felons are poor because they started out |
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