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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Local Issues and Governments</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/20.aspx</link><description /><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>Re: 2009 Senate Bill 560 (Clarify prisoner health care cost allocation )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275009.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 02:39:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:275009</guid><dc:creator>shearwater</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275009.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=275009</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Why is this issue being raised at this time?&amp;nbsp; People who comit crimes deserve one thing . . . to be removed from society so that they no longer are able to hurt others.&amp;nbsp; As for health care, this should not be a cost allocated to the state.&amp;nbsp; Criminals have already cost the state too much money.&amp;nbsp; The figure that it costs about $51,000 a year to house and care for criminals is astonishing and perhaps symptomatic because it reflects on Michigan society in general.&amp;nbsp; This tells me that Michigan has a large population of dysfunctional families that produce these social misfits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 Senate Bill 560 (Clarify prisoner health care cost allocation )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275008.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:275008</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275008.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=275008</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on May 12, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-SB-560'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>