Tax Information With A Mother's Touch
Published by Eva Rosenberg, MBA, EA
Volume 6, Issue 243 January 23, 2004
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Tax Information With A Mother's Touch Published by Eva Rosenberg, MBA, EA Volume 6, Issue 243 January 23, 2004 |
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 This week, President Bush delivered his State of the Union message. (Full text here) Sounds like we're in pretty good shape. People clapped a lot. Two children were constantly targetted by the cameras. President Bush singled out the current President of the Iraqi Governing Council, Adnan Pachachi. I'll bet Mr. Pachachi never got this much publicity in his life. But it was a good thing to do. We need local support to make it possible for American troops to be able to return home. The President proposed one thing that I find disturbing, despite all the applause. "This year, some 600,000 inmates will be released from prison back into society. We know from long experience that if they can't find work, or a home, or help, they are much more likely to commit crime and return to prison. So tonight, I propose a four-year, $300 million prisoner re-entry initiative to expand job training and placement services, to provide transitional housing, and to help newly released prisoners get mentoring, including from faith-based groups. (Applause.) America is the land of second chance, and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life. (Applause.) " Uh, folks, did I miss something here? What are these 600,000 inmates doing during all those years they are incarcerated? They seem to have time to file lots of frivolous lawsuits, runs phone scams and mail order scams from behind bars, work out and build great bodies. Pardon me, but why can't we use a fraction of the money Bush proposes to spend - and educate them and train them while they are in prison. I thought they were there to get rehabilitated. Why doesn't that include job training? Why doesn't that include the three Rs? Many prisoners end up incarcerated because of their feelings of powerlessness because they never were able to learn to read and function in our world. HELP THEM WHILE THEY ARE THERE! And would it hurt to teach basic etiquette? Perhaps if it starts in the prisons, it would spread back out to society? Seriously, though, while these folks are in prison, we have an excellent opportunity to provide training so when the leave, they are able to step into jobs that will support them AND be able to interact with people who might be a little leery of them. It takes time for all to adapt. But why not lay the groundwork while they are IN prison? Why spend THREE HUNDRED MILLION of our dollars, teaching them after they get out? Heck, a condition of being accepted for parole should be that they have succcessfully and politely completed the training. But that's just one TaxMama's opinion .... who wonders ... just who will be getting the contracts or grants to handle this training, housing and mentoring? By Eva Rosenberg Your TaxMama  |
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