"I'd rather spend $2500 a year educating a young Texan than $16,000 a year incarcerating that young Texan."Me too. Given Perry's taxpayer-soaking veto of HB 2193, I wonder what Republican primary voters will think about it?
UPDATE: See Texas Monthly's Evan Smith's interview with Strayhorn, temporarily available free here.
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Education does no good if there are no jobs available after you obtain it. A college graduate is not going to be happy working flipping burgers. I'm skeptical that throwing more money at education will help reduce incarceration rates.
I agree it's not a cause and effect thing. Personally, I support policies to intentionally lower incarceration rates while simultaneously better funding the schools. I don't think one directly causes the other, though there's surely a relationship.
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