18 Bobby Scott Quotes for You to Enjoy

Bobby Scott

American Politician

Born: Apr 30, 1947

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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. Bobby Scott

Work Education Health Mental Health Training Job Prison Recidivism Other Programs Job Training Mental Vocational Studies Development Participation Abuse Reduce Skills Shown Inmate Treatment

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. Bobby Scott

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. Bobby Scott

Change Will Penny National Every Otherwise Virtually Eating Direction Obviously National Debt Up Debt Interest Start Profound

We can play politics, or we can reduce crime. Bobby Scott

Politics Crime Reduce Play

Mandatory minimums have been shown to be discriminatory and waste the taxpayers' money. Bobby Scott

Money Mandatory Been Discriminatory Taxpayers Shown Waste

We live in an information and knowledge-based economy. Bobby Scott

Live Economy Knowledge-Based Information

The first year of the Bush administration we used up all of the surplus and ended up just with the Social Security and Medicare surplus, and each year worse than the year before. Bobby Scott

First Year Before Worse Security Administration Surplus Up Than Ended Just Social Bush Bush Administration Used Social Security Each Each Year Medicare

The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years. Bobby Scott

Prison Past Increased More Federal Over Years Than Population

It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act. Bobby Scott

Rights Difficult Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Act Importance Overstate Act

We can fight Big Industry. Bobby Scott

Fight Big Industry

While we must ensure that these dangerous new drugs and precursors do not get in the hands of children or others who would use them improperly, we must also be aware that these same drugs have legitimate uses. Bobby Scott

Dangerous Others Ensure Must Would New Also Get Hands Same Children Legitimate While Them Use Who Uses Aware

The destinies of the two races in this country are indissolubly linked together, and the interests of both require that the common government of all shall not permit the seeds of race hate to be planted under the sanction of law. Bobby Scott

Government Together Hate Law Country Destinies Seeds Shall Both Permit Linked Common Sanction Race Races Interests Require Planted Two

Unequal funding resources also results in unequal educational opportunity when you consider studies that show that one half of low income students who are qualified to attend college do not attend because they can't afford to. Bobby Scott

You Opportunity College Half Consider Resources One Half Results Students Studies Attend Qualified Also Because Educational Unequal Afford Low Low-Income Show Who Income Funding

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