^^^Are you sure you aren\'t thinking of your regular tax return?
Originally posted by GigaShadow
Raise taxes on tobacco and alcohol and use state lottery funds for grants. That is how you pay for it. Many states already do this in regards to the lottery, but combine that with tobacco and alcohol revenue in addition to reviewing the overpriced cost of tuition - a solution could be found.
Yes its called a sin tax. States use these because no one complains about taxes on vices and if the tax causes people to quit it has a positive benefit. The problem is that a sin tax is not reliable enough to base a policy on(especially one as expensive as free education). If use drops then there is a lack of funds for a policy that allows MORE people to go to school. Eventually you end up with a system, just like Social Security, where there is more money being taken out of the pot than put in. Taxes would HAVE to be raised for ANY socialist policy including this one.
Originally posted by GigaShadow
Where are these "facts" regarding whites selling and using more drugs? I suppose more whites use pot, but you are quoting drugs like cocaine.
Blacks and whites both use drugs at similar rates percentage wise but the fact that whites out number blacks 5-1 means that 100 blacks using drugs equals 500 whites using drugs.
Taken from the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse(that same information that the white house uses)
- Among persons aged 12 or older in 2001, the rates for illicit drug or alcohol dependence or abuse were highest among American Indians/Alaska Natives (13.9 percent) ........ Among whites, the rate was 7.5 percent, among blacks, 6.2 percent, and among Hispanics, 7.8 percent.
- Between 2000 and 2001, there were increases in the rates of illicit drug or alcohol dependence or abuse for most racial/ethnic groups, but the increase was statistically significant only among whites (from 6.6 to 7.5 percent).
Originally posted by GigaShadow
You have been watching too much of The Wire. Next thing you know you are going to tell me that the entire judicial system in the US is racist because minorities compromise the largest percentage of the prison population. :rolleyes:
1) Racist may be too strong a word. Biased may be a better term.
2) Not the entire system just enforcement and policy.
Police have an incentive to racially profile. Look up "Civil asset forfeiture laws". Police can seize property and sell it without proving guilt. They do it so much that they are dependant on it. They need seizures to match funds from federal grants and pay salaries. Minorities\' generally don\'t have a political voice so police can do this without most people ever knowing about it.
