This simple graphic shows America’s messed-up priorities.

Using Philadelphia as an example, you can see it’s a lot cheaper to educate than it is to incarcerate. So, ummm … why are we cutting education spending? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

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Brandon Weber

Sep 2, 2014

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