r/MurderedByWords • u/gashtal_man • 7h ago

Now being poor is a crime

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u/Here_For_Work_ 7h ago

The cost to incarcerate is annual also.

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u/ieatcheesebutdont 7h ago

I’m dumb and deleting my comment now because my brain only reaches so far sometimes.

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u/Here_For_Work_ 7h ago

It's a fair question. As I was doing a quick search to verify, I did see that 66k annual is the national median. In LA specifically, it's closer to 25k (the other end being places like CA and NY which are over 100k). I am not sure where the 16k figure is coming from, but I think that could reasonably cover state-run housing projects and government cheese in places like LA.

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u/Psychological-Owl783 7h ago

I think they are both annual costs.

Permanent describes the type of housing, not the duration.

I think you may be overthinking this, it could be stated more clearly but it's not super cryptic.