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Matt Gonzalez
American
Politician
About the author
I represented many of these kids as they become young adults in the criminal justice system when I was a public defender. One way of reaching out is by the mind of experimentation.
Matt Gonzalez,
American
Politician
#Kids
#Public
#Mind
#Justice
I think that when we're talking about youth violence, we're talking about kids who don't have opportunities, so they're engaged in a certain degree of lawlessness, because we as a society have failed them.
Matt Gonzalez,
American
Politician
#Kids
#Youth
#Society
#Violence
#Talking
When in some communities selling drugs is so lucrative that that's a pretty big enticement that we have to break down. Part of that is by making opportunities and paying decent wages.
Matt Gonzalez,
American
Politician
#Pretty
#Selling
#Drugs
#Wages
I don't think the schools are getting as much money as they should.
Matt Gonzalez,
American
Politician
#Money
#Schools
Certainly other things we can do, we gotta promote after-school employment, give kids an opportunity, raising the minimum wage was part of that, we can't expect that young people are going to feel they can make a living out there for such low wages.
Matt Gonzalez,
American
Politician
#Kids
#People
#Living
#Opportunity
#Wages
#Wage
As a society we're always so quick and able to spend money on lawyers for someone for incarceration, but we don't make the corresponding commitment to the preventative components of it.
Matt Gonzalez,
American
Politician
#Commitment
#Society
#Money
#Lawyers
#Quick
It just seemed the timing of it was a little bit of pandering to the public at a time of an election.
Matt Gonzalez,
American
Politician
#Time
#Public
I have voted to make tough decisions in budgetary times, I've served on two recessionary budgets, my opponent has never served on any a budget committee where there was less money to spend than the year before.
Matt Gonzalez,
American
Politician
#Committee
#Money
#Decisions
#Budgets