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Sunday, March 23, 2008 12:00 AM

I Like to Watch

American idle: If you can't live a life of leisure, at least you can watch one on TV, from "Big Brother" to "The Real Housewives of New York City."
By Heather Havrilesky

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  • Sunday, March 23, 2008 08:58 AM

    It's a giant negative feedback loop we've got going

    1. Cut social programs to pay prison guards.

    2. Poor people get more dysfunctional and more likely to resort to crime to stay afloat.

    3. Ooops there's more crime -- looks like we have to hire even more prison guards.

    4. But where do we get the money?

    5. Return to step 1 and repeat loop.

    —Silenced Read Silenced's other letters

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