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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 776 - Alabama just agreed to spend $1 BILLION DOLLARS on a new mega-prison.

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Listen - they have money for what they believe in. They make money magically appear for the things they actually care about. If you ever want to know the true heart and priorities of a person (or company or government) just look at their budget. Period. And in a state that is STRUGGLING to cover healthcare costs and educational costs, suddenly they have a billion dollars to spare on mass incarceration. Today, I'm going to unpack and explain just how corrupt this all actually is. To listen to today’s FULL EPISODE of The Breakdown go now to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and search for “The Breakdown with Shaun King.” Subscribe there for FREE and listen to the whole podcast. If you are already on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, please subscribe, listen, share, leave reviews, and listen daily to the entire episode. The more of it you listen to, the better it is for us. Love and appreciate you all. Shaun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I don't do a whole lot of preaching here on the breakdown, but the Bible says something

0:06.5

incredibly wise and it's true.

0:09.8

It says where your money is, there your heart will be also.

0:16.2

In other words, you can determine somebody's heart or priorities by looking at their budget.

0:25.9

In the state of Alabama, just approved one billion dollars to build one of the most expensive

0:35.8

prisons in the United States.

0:38.1

A state that's struggling to fund education, to fund healthcare, to fund hospitals, just

0:47.8

a lot of billion dollars behind paying for one of the most expensive jails in world history.

0:57.2

Let me unpack and explain it.

0:59.0

You see their priorities.

1:00.5

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1:17.8

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2:04.4

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2:08.3

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2:12.2

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