Free Health Care and Economic Stimulus

Here is how to get free health care!

Go directly to Jail. Do not pass Go, etc.. Free Medical, Mental and Dental care for the duration of your stay. Transplants included.

The state of California is spending $7 billion toward existing and new facilities for the healthcare and mental hospitals for the more than 170,000 state inmates that use them. The math will show that is more $41,000 per inmate! Like me, I bet you're feeling a bit queasy just reading that.

Spent otherwise, $7 billion split amongst the state residents could go a long way.

While we are at it, lets reapportion the Iraq war money: Cancel the war and divvy up all the funds that would have been used and disburse the money to ...well, you do your own math. $1 - $3 trillion (likely more) can go a long way - no matter how it's divided.

Altogether, that would be quite an economic stimulus package - without wasting resources.

As to the convicts, I say, put the criminals to work picking crops, providing public services such as forestry/brush management for fire minimization or just hook 'em up to the power grid with a watt generating exercycle and let 'em get their workouts that way. Plus they'll be healthier for the exercise.