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Californians need to stand up and fight against the decision
to protect criminals. Instead of investing tax payers money in education the state is spending billions of dollars on
housing, feeding, and taking care of prisoners. It is time to stand up and fight for our right to spend our tax dollars
to benefit our future!
Californians United for a Balanced Budget
Maya Harris, of the San Francisco Gate, writes, "For the first time, and unique among large states, California
will soon spend more on its prisons than on its public universities...By the end of the 2012-2013 fiscal year,
$15.4 billion will be spent on incarcerating Californias prisoners, as compared with $15.3 billion
on educating them" (5/29/07).
It is an outrage that our tax dollars are used to accomodate prisoners in state of the art facilities while many college
students--with no criminal records--have to take out loans to finance their education. Criminals are not expected to
repay the state for their stay in prisons but college students, who become teachers, doctors, and other productive members
of society have to repay loans (including interest) for their stay at California's public universities.
To keep a criminal in a California state
prison costs over $27,000 a year. Primary public schools recieve approximately $8,000 per student per year--that means
that we invest 3 times LESS on our children than on prisoners! What kind of message are we sending to the future
leaders of California?
We Need to Invest in Our FUTURE
Not on Criminals.
Links for more information:
How you can help to decrease health care funding for criminals:
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It is time to stop throwing money away on health care for death row inmates and criminals
with life sentences and start investing it in California's future!
California will spend an additional 7 billion
dollars in the next few years to improve health care for prison inmates.
Help California invest in a better and brighter future,
write to your State Representatives urging them to fight against the $7 billion allocated to improve the medical care of inmates.
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