Governor Greg Abbott made a speech in Bell County lately declaring that, as one drove north out of Austin, one may discover a distinct odor...
Governor Greg Abbott made a speech in Bell County lately declaring that, as one drove north out of Austin, one may discover a distinct odor, which he declared was the odor of "freedom."
Let's interrogate this for a second: In 2014, Bell County had 30.three jail admissions per 10,000 residents, in comparison with 21.1 in Travis County. (Source.) One county north, McLennan County had a incarceration fee of 48.1 jail admissions per 10,000 that yr, greater than double Travis County's fee. Going one county additional north up IH-35 to Hill County, we get to an incarceration fee of 71.2 per 10,000 individuals.
So seemingly there's much less freedom - when it comes to increased percentages of the general public being incarcerated - no more, as one heads north from the Austin metro space.
Until we're defining "freedom" in primarily Orwellian phrases to imply the other of the dictionary definition (which incorporates "the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved"), what Gov. Abbott was smelling clearly wasn't "freedom."
Let's interrogate this for a second: In 2014, Bell County had 30.three jail admissions per 10,000 residents, in comparison with 21.1 in Travis County. (Source.) One county north, McLennan County had a incarceration fee of 48.1 jail admissions per 10,000 that yr, greater than double Travis County's fee. Going one county additional north up IH-35 to Hill County, we get to an incarceration fee of 71.2 per 10,000 individuals.
So seemingly there's much less freedom - when it comes to increased percentages of the general public being incarcerated - no more, as one heads north from the Austin metro space.
Until we're defining "freedom" in primarily Orwellian phrases to imply the other of the dictionary definition (which incorporates "the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved"), what Gov. Abbott was smelling clearly wasn't "freedom."
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