But all needed to be incarcerated while the work went on. Today's victim of child abuse is tomorrow's predator. And failure to pay for child abuse intervention now guarantees heavier payments in the future. In money and in blood. If we believe violent criminals are made, not born, we must disrupt the production lines.
Rhetoric is extremely cost-effective.
And explanation is not justification. We need politicians with the guts to implement programs that will bear fruit within that sacred cycle, their term in office. We can pay now or pay later. Most politicians will not be around when the bill comes due. But we will.