Nate
2004-02-10 10:21:22 UTC
Yet another example ...
Jeb Bush's 24-year-old daughter Noelle was undergoing treatment for drug
abuse, she got that treatment after being arrested. Many people would have
been sent to prison. She was caught in the drug treatment plant with drugs
and they sentenced her to more treatment. And then she was caught a second
time in the drug treatment program with drugs and again they gave her
treatment.
Now, frankly I approve of that.
I think that most nonviolent drug offenders really ought to be given
treatment; certainly it would be a lot cheaper. I think that's arguably a
Republican or conservative value. Why spend $25,000 a year to keep somebody
in prison when you can put them through a rehab program and maybe save their
lives for $14,000?
It's a good thing that had happened to Noelle Bush. But when the Bushes are
calling for increased penalties for everyone else and finding a way to send
their own children into rehab, that's what I call "wing-nut hypocrisy."
Jeb Bush's 24-year-old daughter Noelle was undergoing treatment for drug
abuse, she got that treatment after being arrested. Many people would have
been sent to prison. She was caught in the drug treatment plant with drugs
and they sentenced her to more treatment. And then she was caught a second
time in the drug treatment program with drugs and again they gave her
treatment.
Now, frankly I approve of that.
I think that most nonviolent drug offenders really ought to be given
treatment; certainly it would be a lot cheaper. I think that's arguably a
Republican or conservative value. Why spend $25,000 a year to keep somebody
in prison when you can put them through a rehab program and maybe save their
lives for $14,000?
It's a good thing that had happened to Noelle Bush. But when the Bushes are
calling for increased penalties for everyone else and finding a way to send
their own children into rehab, that's what I call "wing-nut hypocrisy."
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