Mandatory minimums have been shown to be discriminatory and waste the taxpayers' money.

If we increase spending, we have got to raise taxes or any combination.

The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled.

So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues.

And what is needed to prevent them from joining gangs was ample recreation for boys as well as girls, jobs and internships for training and money, and assistance to allow their families to live in decent homes.

We live in an information and knowledge-based economy.

Rather than following through on the proven crime and violence prevention techniques that work, we are back to tough-talking sound byte policies that have been proven to not only fail to reduce crime but actually increase crime, waste taxpayers' money and discriminate against minorities.