Last night on his “town hall” @chesaboudin said that we couldn’t get drug dealers off our streets because we first had to ensure the safety of their families in Honduras. This is madness. Our city is overrun with dealers.
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Replying to @BethOdo_SF @chesaboudin
Actually chesa said jail is a ineffective disincentive to someone facing the murder of themselves and their families.
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Replying to @amanda_fawkes @chesaboudin
More that jail isn't really a effective disincentive when choosing not to deal has so much more significant consequences. Jail isn't a harsh sentence, and doesn't disincentivize anything compared with threats of families death in their home country.
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Can you clarify how a drug dealer who’s in prison will simultaneously be on the streets of SF selling drugs? Thanks.
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Can you clarify how locking up street dealers us a disincentive to drug dealing? Because it seems to financially incentivize lawlessness to me. Making dealing especially profitable and lucrative
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Legalizing would lead to less violent crime. "“Decriminalizing drugs is even more urgent now than in 1972, .. Postponing decriminalization will only make matters worse, and make the problem appear even more intractable.” --Milton Friedman, 1989, https://www.econ.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/yablon_daniel.pdf …
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Friedman never identified a single fact that conflicted with his ideology. Fortunate man.
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A brilliant one, showing us the way as a society to efficient solutions. He knew and his work showed just how counterproductive excessive and violent enforcement is.
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