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1 posted on 11/29/2006 3:35:55 AM PST by Zakeet
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Maybe I missed it since I only scanned the article, but they didn't seem to have the guts to show the statistics of programs that don't work, instead focusing on a few that do.


2 posted on 11/29/2006 4:19:50 AM PST by libertylover (If it's good and decent, you can be sure the Democrat Party leaders are against it.)
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The media doesn't 'do' science, it abuses it for its own purposes.

Either we are equal or we are not. Good people ought to be armed where they will, with wits and guns. NRA KMA


3 posted on 11/29/2006 4:25:08 AM PST by dhuffman@awod.com (The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
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Among ex-cons who held higher-skilled jobs for one month, the New York State Department of Correctional Services found, the recidivism rate was 24 percent. For those who held the jobs for six months, it was 13 percent.

Typical meaningless social statistics.

4 posted on 11/29/2006 4:53:54 AM PST by joshhiggins (O you who believe! do not take the MUSLIMS for friends)
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If this is a true means of evaluation, Let's test every government program

There will be lots of very nice buildings in DC that can be used as 5 star hotels or converted into condo

5 posted on 11/29/2006 5:00:53 AM PST by Popman ("What I was doing wasn't living, it was dying. I really think God had better plans for me.")
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What they didn't include is a list of social programs that not only work but don't steal money from people who work for a living. Here it is












6 posted on 11/29/2006 5:05:02 AM PST by 3Lean
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By a new approach, they mean analysis of outcomes.

I guess the old approach was inattention.


7 posted on 11/29/2006 5:10:00 AM PST by Syberyenta
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