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Bobby Scott Quotes

American - Politician | April 30, 1947 -

It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree.

Today College Impossible Graduation

No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education.

Education Opportunity College Pay

Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs, all reduce recidivism, significantly.

Work Education Health Job Training

The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime.

Death Death Penalty Crime Anything

Obviously, there has to be a profound change in direction. Otherwise, interest on the national debt will start eating up virtually every penny that we have.

Change Eating Start Direction Penny

We live in an information and knowledge-based economy.

Live Information Economy

One of the problems with even suggesting that purpose of a Federal law is for law enforcement officers to assist in protecting the public outside their jurisdictions is that it may give them encouragement or even a sense of obligation to do so.

Purpose Law Law Enforcement Problems

There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.

Fire Nothing Volunteer Local About

The most money we have ever been able to get appropriated for the juvenile justice bills was $55 million a year, about one-tenth of what was necessary.

Justice Money Year Juvenile Bills

We can play politics, or we can reduce crime.

Politics Play Crime Reduce

And what is needed to prevent them from joining gangs was ample recreation for boys as well as girls, jobs and internships for training and money, and assistance to allow their families to live in decent homes.

Live Money Training Recreation Well

Giving a 10-year mandatory minimum for a second offense fist fight is not going to reduce the chance that someone will be stabbed 16 times when you are not funding any of the programs that are desperately needed to actually reduce juvenile crime.

Fight Chance Giving Someone You

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