Oh, the sorrow, the shame Like most states, California tends to place prison spending above higher education spending. And, like most states, this is a frequent target for criticism in California. But what exactly does it mean? More money is spent on prisons than on higher education, but then prisons deal with a much larger segment of the population than the higher education system. It's not like you can just cut money from prisons. You can't just reduce prison services to balance the budget. The state gets sued over that. And you can't just turn folks loose on the street until you change the law. That's discrimination, and political suicide, too. Remember, no one likes college students. We're whiny. We're loud. We're annoying. Of course we're the first target. It's not like we're full of alternatives, either. All I hear from students is blame, usually directed towards prisons. posted by Beetle Aurora Drake 11/30/2003 02:51:00 PM # Comments (0) . . .
