Cut_spending wrote on May 03, 2009 07:07 AM: why don't you check the Prison system and tell me how many people are there for your "victimless" PCS crimes.

I never heard of a "PCS" crime. Good data on what exactly convicts are in prison for is hard to find. State prisoner data is completely opaque. I've read numerous times (and from sources that I respect) that at least HALF of federal prisoners are there for non-violent drug offenses. That seems entirely credible to me because constitutionally, the federal government is only supposed to be prosecuting folks charged with piracy, counterfeiting, and treason. When federal agents bust down the doors of alleged traitors it's such rare and big news that we hear about it. Like a jet crash. Seems like every week the LVRJ publishes a story or two about a federal case against Vegas suspects charged with "money laundering", "drug possession", "wire fraud" and other non-crimes.

Bobman wrote on May 02, 2009 10:48 PM: Ok, I get your point. But why don't you check the Prison system and tell me how many people are there for your "victimless" PCS crimes. It's not as many as you think. The drug users are in prison for Forgery, Burglary, Possession of Stolen Vehicle and so on. That is what these people do to get high. Now the drug dealers on the other hand are another story. Well, unless you think that selling these "vices" is also victimless which you probably do. Anything to support your argument I guess.

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Thomas Jefferson wrote on May 02, 2009 07:09 PM: The central bank is an institution of the most deadly hostility existing against the Principles and form of our Constitution. I am an Enemy to all banks discounting bills or notes for anything but Coin. If the American People allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the People of all their Property until their Children will wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered."
-Thomas Jefferson

Root of the problem wrote on May 02, 2009 07:06 PM: All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.
-John Adams

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DAN wrote on May 02, 2009 06:42 PM: Patrick,

NPRI has nice graphs and all, but does not PROVE what it alleges is going on. WHERE'S THE MEAT?! GIVE US LINE ITEMS THAT WERE INCREASED ABOVE WHAT WAS AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLATURE WHILE IN SESSION! WERE THE INCOMING FEDERAL FUNDS? TRANSFERS BETWEEN AGENCIES? YOU HAVE GOT TO SHOW YOUR WORK PRODUCT!

You do know that the whole of the Legislature authorizes millions of dollars in revenue to be spent at the discretion of the IFC, right?

dan wrote on May 02, 2009 06:35 PM: Gee Patrick, did the govt actually spend all those revenues? no, some went into rainy day funds etcetera.

Here is the State of Nevada Revenue Reference Manual, dated January 2009:



General Fund Revenues, Actual;
FY/ Amount/ Change from prior year
2005/ $2,742,665,021/+14.1%
2006/ $3,058,803,459/+11.5%
2007/ $3,145,042,636/+2.8%
2008/ $3,054,267,831/-2.9%

"Members of the 74th Legislature
May 1, 2007
Page 2
The net result of the May 1, 2007, revision is a reduction from the November 30, 2006,
forecast in General Fund revenues of $21,224,352 in fiscal year 2006-07.."
NEF letter

Cut_spending wrote on May 02, 2009 06:18 PM: Law 101: a "crime" requires a victim. If a guy hot-wires your car, the crime is theft, not driving. If he trades it for drugs, the crime is possession and sale of stolen property, not drug possession. The fact that crooked politicians choose to criminalize vice (and blockhead juries convict) does not mean that justice is being served. What's next -- laws against sex with your wife?

Bobman wrote on May 02, 2009 05:32 PM: "non-crime crimes like drug possession". First of all, nice phrase! Who decided that is not a crime, you? Last time I checked there is a NRS that makes that against the law. Victimless? Have you seen the sh*t that tweekers do to get their dope? I don't believe that victimless is the word. If you are going to argue your point, at least be practical and not in dream land.

Cut_spending wrote on May 02, 2009 05:16 PM: our prison population will increase by 10 times.

Oh, yeah. Stop enforcement of victimless crimes. Less overtime for cops. Fewer billable hours for laywers. More freedom for individuals. Start respecting due process rights. Fewer prosecutions. Fewer people wrongfully convicted. Lower court costs. Empty the prisons of folks convicted of non-crime crimes like drug possession. Free up jail cells for the real psychopaths to serve their full sentences. Overall, that still reduces costs for the Dept of Corrections. Small government begets *more* respect for the law, not *less*.

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