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This bill could be innocuous, but …
Posted: March 13, 2013 at 5:05 a.m.
JOYCE ELLIOTT, she of Central Arkansas ballots on frequent occasion, made another one of her regular appearances in the paper the other day. And why not? She’s a local prominence, a state senator, a Democratic nominee for Congress last year, and an ambitious player in state politics—and also state contracts.
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Editorial, Pages 20 on 03/13/2013
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I can think of one example of such "blatant discrimination" that lasted for some years and may not have been entirely ended yet.
That was the big difference in criminal penalties for users of powder cocaine (used mostly by whites including some professionals) and crack (used mainly by black people).
Another area of disparity not so much between races but between poor and not so poor are jail fees.
"A survey of the jail population reveals that there are no rich people here and they are all out on bail. The middle-class is barely represented, so the cost of the jail falls on the abject poor, who make up the majority of the jail population."
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Posted by: Coralie
March 13, 2013 at 3:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
I think it would be a very good idea for the legislators to think about the effect that their laws have on the people of Arkansas, who are by and large not the richest in the nation.
Elliot's proposed law needs to be expanded and made more specific., with a research arm something like the Congressional Budget Office, CBO.
Posted by: Coralie
March 14, 2013 at 2:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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