Widespread Support for Sending Politicians to Prison for Ninety-Nine Years
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Widespread Support for Sending Politicians to Prison for Ninety-Nine Years
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AUSTINLast weeks indictment of Texas Governor Rick Perry has sparked widespread bipartisan support for the concept of sending politicians to prison for ninety-nine years.
While Americans are divided about the merits of the specific charges levelled against Perry,
there is near-unanimous agreement that imprisoning politicians for ninety-nine years is an idea worth exploring further, a poll released on Monday indicates.
According to the poll,
eighty-seven per cent of voters from both parties agreed that sending politicians to prison for such a lengthy period would solve a lot of problems and make the country safer.
Additionally, when asked to name one politician they would like to see incarcerated for ninety-nine years, voters easily rattled off a dozen or more such candidates, with some voters naming as many as fifty.
Finally, when informed that imprisoning politicians for ninety-nine years might lead to overcrowding that
would require the construction of costly new prisons, eighty-three per cent agreed with the statement, Money is no object.
By Andy Borowitz
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/widespread-support-sending-politicians-prison-ninety-nine-years