First, the bad. In 1980 #Arizona imprisoned ~3,500 ppl. In 2016, 42,000+. Why? State lawmakers decided to imprison folks convicted of non-violent crimes—those=7/10 AZ prison admissions.#Utah & #Texas have pursued drug courts/drug code reform & they've seen sharper drops in crime.
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Arizona has a problem with mass incarceration that costs Arizonans years of their lives and millions of dollars—and it's controlled in Phoenix, not DC.
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Remember SB1070? It encouraged racial profiling by AZ police. Yeah. It was written by a private prison company & laundered through ALEC, which pretends to be a conservative policy shop but is actually beholden to special interests (like private prisons). https://www.npr.org/2010/10/28/130833741/prison-economics-help-drive-ariz-immigration-law …
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Not to harp on AZ but a new state law forces ppl on unemployment to take any job at $15,000+/yr. That may be unconstitutional—businesses can bully workers into lower pay. State leaders say jobseekers won’t have to take any job…but that’s what the law says. Again a Phoenix issue.
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from CA, where the US's strongest consumer privacy protections passed in Sacramento. Now the CA AG can go after tech companies that violate people's rights—a key step to ensure everyone controls personal online data. When state laws like this spread we see #WhyStatesMatter.Show this thread
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California does 'good stuff'??? Is that why so many true Californians are relocating to Arizona who does 'bad stuff'?!! LOL Go ahead... please move over to CALI & their politics!!
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