On AlterNet: costs

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Are We Moving Towards Reform? For the First Time in 40 Years, U.S. Prison Population Declines

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. December 19, 2011.

America's experiment with mass incarceration may have peaked, exhausted by its huge costs, but change is coming very slowly.

Poverty, Addiction, and Medicaid Cuts: A Former Addict's Call to Occupy Wall St.

Jeff Deeney, The Fix. October 17, 2011.

An addict-turned-social worker explores the relationship between poverty and addiction, exposing how Medicaid cuts could have disastrous consequences on entire communities.

225,000 Dead and $4 Trillion Spent on Iraq and Afghanistan -- That's Now the Conservative Estimate

David Isenberg, Asia Times. July 19, 2011.

Just how much have America's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq cost since 2001? The truth is that we don't yet know -- but the estimates keep spiraling.

On the First Anniversary of AZ's Harsh Immigration Law, States Are Discovering the Sky-High Costs of Bad Legislation

Seth Hoy, Immigration Impact. April 26, 2011.

These laws will scare off tourists from Latin American and the Caribbean who contribute billions to Florida’s economy and millions to the state's coffers.

Bad Policies Are Really What's Driving California's Huge Prison Costs

Margaret Dooley-Sammuli, AlterNet. February 8, 2010.

By opting for a policy of sending low-level offenders to state prison, California is far out of step with other states – and out of time.

Cost of Occupation in Iraq: $3 Trillion Estimate Was Too Low

Joseph Stiglitz, Linda Bilmes, Comment Is Free. April 8, 2008.

Notwithstanding Bush's response, our original estimate of the cost of the Iraq war was too conservative: in reality, it will be much higher.