We need more criminals!

So today I got a great chuckle when I was listening to a story on NPR that was discussing the sad state of affairs in Camp Gabriels. Camp Gabriels is a prison which due to the low number of inmates is getting shut down. This comes after the NY Times did a story on how 1% of Americans are in prison. This is a huge burden on everyone. So when we hear a prison is shutting down you think the masses would be jumping for joy. But no, not in upstate New York. Were they are lamenting the loss of the 180 jobs, they think we should wait to close the prison. The mayor of the town explained the logic in waiting: "If we wait the economy will continue to grow thanks to the jobs created by the prison, and we will build new homes...homes that will soon be filled with criminals". I am just waiting for Obama to pick up this story....just think we can boost the economy by importing criminals!