Watch Matt Welch Talk Criminal Justice Reform in the 6 pm Hour on FBN's Making Money with Charles Payne

Should ex-felons be allowed to vote? Should mandatory minimums be rolled back?

At some as-yet unspecificed time in the 6 pm (ET) hour, I will be pitted against Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu in a discussion about criminal justice reform on Fox Business Network's Making Money with Charles Payne.

To cleanse your palate, enjoy these two recent pieces by Jacob Sullum: "A Major Step Toward Less Unjust Sentences," and "6 Misconceptions Underlying Opposition to Sentencing Reform."

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[Fist of Etiquette]

How much does it pay?

[Matt Welch]

Crime don't pay, Fisty.

[Fist of Etiquette]

We all know that statement is as true as it is grammatical.

[F. Stand By Ion Control, Jr.]

Should ex-felons be allowed to vote?

Ex-felons should be forced to vote.

[Almanian's Rusty Woodchipper]

Cruel AND unusual.

Truly, you are a monster. And I would be interested in subscribing to any newsletters you may publish....

[Rufus J. Firefly]

"...Fox Business Network's Making Money with Charles Payne."

FINALLY something on how to counterfeit.

[Fist of Etiquette]

AH! Lou Dobbs.

[Fist of Etiquette]

That's one helluva hair part, Lew.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Ha, even Fox Biz is shitting its breeches on a government shutdown.

[Paul.]

Apparently the Fed looks like they won't be raising rates.

To some of us, this isn't a surprise. To the whackbat players over on CNBC, there's going to be a lot of not looking Peter Schiff in the eye at the next cocktail party.

[Fist of Etiquette]

So most of Making Money is devoted to hawking its other shows?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Yes, it's absurd to force Congress to live within its means.

[Agammamon]

You mean 'live within *our* means'.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Dobbs: Political expediency trumps fiscal responsibility.

[Paul.]

AH! Political Expediency.

[Fist of Etiquette]

This guy should go back to hosting The Late Late Show on CBS.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Is there a link to this show?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Welch isn't even on yet. It's a total ripoff.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I put it on picture-in-picture and Dobbs was pounding his shoe on the desk over something.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Brown shoes with a blue suit? YUCK.

[Crusty Juggler]

He is a hip tv personality, not your father's banker.

[Fist of Etiquette]

It's ludicrous. The government should confiscate all of Payne's money over this.

[Almanian's Rusty Woodchipper]

Oh, look who thinks he's GILMORE now....

[Matt Welch]

How did you know that in advance?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Ugh. Either you accidentally tweeted a picture of yourself in the green room or I was talking about Payne. I gather you did this abomination, too. It's not too late for you to take a Sharpie to your brown kicks, or at least make sure they're not visible on screen. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS GENERATION?

[Matt Welch]

I saw Kmele do it one time!

[Fist of Etiquette]

Foster's an unabashed contrarian. You don't follow a contrarian.

[Agammamon]

Look Welch, there's something we've all go to face - there are some fashion choices black men can pull off that only the rare white man can.

Freshly shaved head? On a black man - Bald of Awesome. On a white man - serial killer and/or cancer patient.

Bow tie? Black man - dignified (and probably slightly insane). White man under 60 - dork.

[Paul.]

Browns and blues can work sometimes. I won't judge until I see. And not to defend Matt, but to defend Matt, he's hardly this generation. He's more that generation.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Payne's were light tan. I haven't seen Welch's yet and quite frankly am dubious he's even on this show.

[Crusty Juggler]

Tan isn't brown, and neither is burgundy. Burgundy goes with navy and grey. Get it together.

[Almanian's Rusty Woodchipper]

We called is Ox Blood back in my day....

*gazes off, wistfully - wags Cole Haan Ox Blood tassle loafer on end of toes*

[Juice]

Deion Sanders wears shorts and flip flops under the desk on NFL Network.

[Fist of Etiquette]

He's earned the right.

[Fist of Etiquette]

MILLENNIALS AREN'T GOING TO VOTE.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I like Babeu's haircut better.

[Fist of Etiquette]

We as a culture said they shouldn't vote. We as a culture can't change our mind.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Ha, yeah, prison isn't a deterrence. Not being able to stand in the line at the polls on two Tuesdays a year is hardly going to make a dent.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Holy hell. Why even bother? Come on, Payne.

THERE'S THE DOOR, CONVICT-LOVER WELCH. USE IT.

[Fist of Etiquette]

AH! Barack Obama.

[Matt Welch]

Just like old times with AHHH!! LOU DOBBS!!!!

[Almanian's Rusty Woodchipper]

DERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRBZZZZZZZZZ!

[Aloysious]

Accidentally seeing Barack Obama is a good reason not to watch television.

[Juice]

Fox Business Network is really weird. I'll flip to it and the last thing they're talking about is business or the market. They'll have a ticker at the bottom but they're always talking politics. Making Money is one of like 3 shows during any given day that actually focuses on business and the stock market. Looks like they're making an exception for this topic.

[JeaneFoulk]

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[Azathoth!!]

Why do we have mandatory minimums?

Because, in the past, liberals noticed that there were a lot of black men in jail and decided it was because judges were giving them harsher sentences than their white counterparts. So they took sentencing discretion out of the hands of (largely white) judges.

Why do we want mandatory minimums done away with?

Because, in the present, liberals noticed that there are a lot of black men in jail and decided it was because manadtory minimums were keeping black men in jail longer than their white counterparts. So the want to.......what exactly? restore judicial discretion? Why? So they can complain again in 20 years?

If you've got the same problem, that you thought was caused by sentencing discretion, when you remove sentencing discretion maybe the problem wasn't sentencing discretion.