Mar 4 2012: You bring a very interesting subject up. In fact. You
are asking. Are prisons working? Do they do what they
should do?
You already gave an answer to that question. Prisons
are bad. They do not work. There is a problem with
criminals. Prisons make the problem bigger.
Forget about the abuse and the rape. Think of a
prisoner going to jail. That is university for him. He
will learn how he can make more money with crime.
But. And that is what you want to know. Is there a way
out? What can be done to make prisons better? Trust me.
It is very simple.
I have a three steps plan:
1. Prisoners pay for their stay in prison. Let's say
they pay $ 1,000 per month. $ 500 for their stay in
prison and $ 500 to pay back society.
2. Prisoners are going to help the police. They tell
them about other criminals that they know. And the
police goes after them.
3. Prisoners start working and making decent money.
They money they make is enough to pay for their stay
in prison.
Some remarks. You have prisoners that do not want to
pay. That is perfectly all right. They do not have to
pay. They only pay if they want to pay.
But. If a prisoner is not paying, then he is removed
from the prison. He will go to a free prison. There he
has no room and no food.
So every prisoner has got a choice. Pay or die. And if
he cannot pay. Let his family pay. They got money from
him as he was committing crime.
Oh. Prisoners do not want to help the police That is
OK. They are free to help the police. But if they do
not help the police, then they will not work either.
Working. Prisoners can grow vegetables and they can do
much more. Imagine how much that will help society. The
prices will go down.
And once they are released. They will have a job. So
prison is complete rehabilitation. I mean. What company
wants to engage an ex prisoner?
Mar 4 2012: Good question. What kind of education reform do we
need? Should there be an education of our emotional
intelligence? Would that make a difference?
I have two problems with education. With schools. Kids
learn nothing in school. School is a big waste of time.
All those years in school are gone.
This is how it is. Kids are schooling. Maybe later they
go to a college or an university. When they are
finished they start working.
63% of them end up in a job that they hate when they
are a little bit older. And 96% of them have nothing
when they retire.
Things would be much better if schools, were telling
the kids about life. Schools should tell them how to
handle life. What to do.
If schools do that, then:
1. You have kids that find a job that they love to do.
In fact. They are not working. They are conducting
their hobby every day.
2. They have enough money for the rest of their life.
They have learned how to save money. They have
learned about investing money.
3. The kids are leading a happy life. They are not
frustrated and shouting at everybody around them.
They love their family.
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1. A court sentences a prisoner to jail. But no time
limit is given to the prisoner. Jail will decide
when he is released.
2. A prisoner. Once released. He will be told., If
caught again, then there is no more court and jail
for him. He will go to the free prison.
Do you see? If we follow my plan, then prisons will
work. They will cost society not a lot of money. And
prisoners are rehabilitated.
Why did the politicians not come up with a good plan?
Of course not. They are only interested in filling
their pockets. They should be send to prison.
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are asking. Are prisons working? Do they do what they
should do?
You already gave an answer to that question. Prisons
are bad. They do not work. There is a problem with
criminals. Prisons make the problem bigger.
Forget about the abuse and the rape. Think of a
prisoner going to jail. That is university for him. He
will learn how he can make more money with crime.
But. And that is what you want to know. Is there a way
out? What can be done to make prisons better? Trust me.
It is very simple.
I have a three steps plan:
1. Prisoners pay for their stay in prison. Let's say
they pay $ 1,000 per month. $ 500 for their stay in
prison and $ 500 to pay back society.
2. Prisoners are going to help the police. They tell
them about other criminals that they know. And the
police goes after them.
3. Prisoners start working and making decent money.
They money they make is enough to pay for their stay
in prison.
Some remarks. You have prisoners that do not want to
pay. That is perfectly all right. They do not have to
pay. They only pay if they want to pay.
But. If a prisoner is not paying, then he is removed
from the prison. He will go to a free prison. There he
has no room and no food.
So every prisoner has got a choice. Pay or die. And if
he cannot pay. Let his family pay. They got money from
him as he was committing crime.
Oh. Prisoners do not want to help the police That is
OK. They are free to help the police. But if they do
not help the police, then they will not work either.
Working. Prisoners can grow vegetables and they can do
much more. Imagine how much that will help society. The
prices will go down.
And once they are released. They will have a job. So
prison is complete rehabilitation. I mean. What company
wants to engage an ex prisoner?
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A comment on Conversation: What kind of education reform do we need?
need? Should there be an education of our emotional
intelligence? Would that make a difference?
I have two problems with education. With schools. Kids
learn nothing in school. School is a big waste of time.
All those years in school are gone.
This is how it is. Kids are schooling. Maybe later they
go to a college or an university. When they are
finished they start working.
63% of them end up in a job that they hate when they
are a little bit older. And 96% of them have nothing
when they retire.
Things would be much better if schools, were telling
the kids about life. Schools should tell them how to
handle life. What to do.
If schools do that, then:
1. You have kids that find a job that they love to do.
In fact. They are not working. They are conducting
their hobby every day.
2. They have enough money for the rest of their life.
They have learned how to save money. They have
learned about investing money.
3. The kids are leading a happy life. They are not
frustrated and shouting at everybody around them.
They love their family.