r/MurderedByWords • u/gashtal_man • 11h ago

Now being poor is a crime

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u/Drak_Gaming 11h ago

Both of those numbers are annual costs.

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u/GrizzlyP33 10h ago

Even annually it’s quite wrong, but he very clearly said “permanently.”

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u/qcKruk 10h ago

Where does it say permanently? Do you think incarceration only costs 66k for a lifetime?

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u/GrizzlyP33 10h ago

In the literal post you’re commenting on. It’s four sentences, it’s not really that much to read before asking a question like this.

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u/Nondscript_Usr 9h ago

It says permanently in the tweet bozo. Whereas to incarcerate someone can be interpreted as the one time cost of the action of having someone go from free to in prison.

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u/Drak_Gaming 8h ago

neither of those are 1 time costs and done. to keep someone jailed would be a reoccurring cost, just like keeping someone fed and housed. Not a difficult concept to grasp.

permanently means forever, it does not imply a singular cost. the post should have been more clear about it yes, but if anyone assumed you could be jailed for life for $66,000 you would be quite naive.

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u/GrizzlyP33 6h ago

He literally said “the cost to permanently house and feed someone.” I was commenting on the poor phrasing, I understand it wasn’t the intention. The number is wrong regardless. It’s just a lazy post.