The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Alex]

What's particularly unbelievable is that I don't see any mechanism by which that plan (ignoring its value as a program for dealing with welfare needs, though if you ignore the hygiene comment and the visual of using a prison then providing minimal housing and an entry level job sounds a lot like plenty of other plans) actually saves any money for the state.

The welfare recipients still get welfare, the prison guards still have jobs (that they're not qualified for) and now the state is paying housing expenses for the recipients. I suppose it might replace some low level state jobs, but I'm guessing that those don't really account for 20% of the state's budget.