GETTING WHAT WE DESERVE

Re: 'Dubious prediction: Dancing PM,' Greg Weston, Jan. 3.

You forgot the crime agenda, Greg. The Tories will get their crime
bills passed and that will cause a huge surge in jail building. A
U.S-style, for-profit prison system is what the Harperites wanted, and
that is what they will get. We will need 12 to 15 brand new
billion-dollar jails to house all of the pot growers the government
promises to jail.

Then we will need to spend about $2 billion every single year to keep
those jails full and maintained. Serves us right for electing Harper
in the first place. We deserve every bad thing that happens to us. But
on the bright side, CanJail Inc. will create many jobs for guards and
staff, and since a large number of men under 30 will be in jail, they
won't be categorized as "jobless". That will cause the "unemployment"
numbers to drop even more.

RUSSELL BARTH

NEPEAN, ONT.

( Maybe he'll bring back capital punishment next. )