Your tax dollars is going to help this man

[twesterm]

thranx said:

twesterm said:

It's the humane and right thing to do.

We're the ones holding him so we're the ones that have to take care of him to a reasonable extent.  Since he's being held against his will, he can't go out and provide for himself so we have to provide for him.  Of course I think he should incur some sort of debt when he is released but that's another story.

How is getting above and beyond care reasonable? We are holding him because he commited serious and heinous crimes. Would it not be more humane to use that money to help those who have not decided to hurt others for their own pleasure?

There are some human rights that cannot be taken away (or at least it's against the law).  By putting him in prison we make it impossible to get health care on his own so we simply must provide health care for him.  I don't want to pay for him but I do recognize that there are certain human rights we can't take away.