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cookiecaper on Aug 6, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: United States loses AAA credit rating from S&P

Prisons are primarily a state-level expense. You don't get sent to federal prison for possession.

william42 on Aug 6, 2011 [–]

A good part of the federal debt from the stimulus and such is to keep state governments from collapsing due to the fact that they can't run a deficit.

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