tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post2878677432770840393..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Drug War has grown "too big to fail"Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-14638708762512309222011-07-06T13:47:31.867-05:002011-07-06T13:47:31.867-05:00I think it would be more productive to retrain tho...I think it would be more productive to retrain those working in the Texas criminal justice job corps to work at productive employment than to continue to burden tax payers. Those that can have their attitude reworked to function in the right to work market place that is. They could work in call centers. We could bring back those jobs that were sent overseas. It would also be interesting to see the stats on retraining our paid building tenders to work in a free world market. I would think that if we could retrain 10% of the corrections work force to be productive in the free world market place that would be good. I would venture to say that the less amount of seniority in corrections the higher the chances are of a successful retraining into a productive worker. As far as the tyc twits, they shouldn’t be out in public so I don’t want to speculate on retraining those people. It would be cheaper to pay them not to work, like we do now, then to expect any productivity out of them.<br />Just Saying.Sheldon tyc#47333https://www.blogger.com/profile/17236854879241753231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-85352331913831123912011-07-05T08:07:30.661-05:002011-07-05T08:07:30.661-05:00"The War on Drugs, which is celebrating its 4..."The War on Drugs, which is celebrating its 40th year, has been a colossal failure."<br /> Not for those tat work in the criminal "justice" system.DEWEYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-27386836461852470632011-07-04T12:03:52.802-05:002011-07-04T12:03:52.802-05:00Turning enforcement on MJ over to the states excep...Turning enforcement on MJ over to the states except for interstate commerce would be a big step forward. Prison industry is a big industry, and ending the drug war would be a blow to that industry, and thus a blow to a lot of communities, including Tulia, who have prison employment.ckikerintuliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02670661043872744115noreply@blogger.com