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The Quality of Whose Life? An Introduction to America's Modern Anti-Poor Movement

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

The Quality of Whose Life? An Introduction to America's Modern Anti-Poor Movement By Paul Boden Organizing Director, Western Regional Advocacy Project October 5, 2010 It's clear that there's a huge disconnect between our ideals and public policy. For example, The Huffington Post recently reported: "Americans vastly underestimate wealth inequality and support a more equal distribution of wealth." If this is true, why are we wasting billions of tax dollars locking people up simply for being poor? The chart below graphically captures the policy consequences of this cognitive dissonance. (Remember it when your Mayor or Chamber of Commerce promises that a Quality of Life ordinance will bring prosperity and security to your community.) In city after city nationwide, we have seen the introduction and enforcement of Quality of Life ordinances...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on October 07, 2010 (boomark / email).