Problem Solved
By Mitch Berg
Via the print only edition of yesterday’s Strib; counties, exhibiting government’s typical foresight, overbuilt on jails just as the crime boom peaked and fell:
In the past five years, Minnesota counties spent tens of millions of dollars to add beds to their jail capacity.
But there are now 18,000 fewer arrests than there were at the start of the building boom.
Mr. Pragmatic responds: Homelessness problem solved!
(Er – hey! What happened to the homeless problem? I haven’t read a single story about the homeless since last January!)
December 21st, 2009 at 8:52 am
Those people are now all “funemployed”!
December 21st, 2009 at 8:58 am
Of course you haven’t read a story about the homeless problem; the problem simply does not exist when we have a Democratic administration.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:00 pm
You underestimate our Great Leader’s ability to help government at all levels maximize their size. First, he’ll ship all the Gitmo detainees to various prisons, then he’ll start imprisoning pregnant soldiers on active duty.
See? Problem solved!