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While the benefits of prevention are very difficult to measure (how do you know if you prevented something?), most studies show a payback of around $10 for every $1 spent on prevention.
I think for these reasons most prevention policy needs to remain local rather than federal, but we need to continue with federal funding for local prevention programs.

This conflating a very wise proverb ("An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure") with the wholesale restriction of *many* civil rights, including freedom of speech.

At some point one has to ask is it worth it? I could eliminate 100% of crimes in the country if I was allowed to lock people in their homes, conduct searches without warrants, and quarter policemen with the residents. But how many rights are worth surrendering for safety and security? That's where the divide will be.

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