[lbo-talk] [lbo-talk]re: Locked Up in Land of the Free

[Mike Ballard]

Locked Up in Land of the Free 

Inmates: The United States has surpassed Russia as the
nation with 
the highest percentage of citizens behind bars.

By Scott Shane
June 1, 2003, The Baltimore Sun

http://www.sunspot.net/news/printedition/bal-te.journal01jun01.story

With a record-setting 2 million people locked up in
American jails and
prisons, the United States has overtaken Russia and
has a higher
percentage of its citizens behind bars than any other
country.
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Answers the question, "What to do with the
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Mike B)


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Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. 
Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
-- Bertolt Brecht   
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