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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 08:52 AM

    Just to make this point again

    Right now in California we are laying off teachers so we can pay prison guards.

    This is happening right now, as I write this.

    Nobody can figure out how to keep the prison budget under control without committing major human rights violations that even the current Supreme Court would find objectionable.

    But it's pretty easy to lay off teachers, so that is how we are handling our budgetary crisis.

    —Silenced Read Silenced's other letters

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