Texas Govenor Rick Perry. (photo: AP)
18 August 14
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week’s 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.”
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