judges, wolf, have to carefully examine all of the petitions before them. in fact, in that christmas, about 26% of those pet tigds by inmates have been denied by federal judges, so there s definitely a built-in system of checks and balances. they aren t violent offenders. these are nonviolent drug offenders that were incarcerated for really long periods of time under the federal sentencing guidelines. i know this. as a federal prosecutor, elves beholding to sort of those federal sentencing guidelines. so i think that the real question is, rather than be worried about the recidivism rates, which is about 40% of people that are released, we ve got to who irabout whether or not they have treatment for a lot of their addictions. we ve got to worry about training. we ve got to worry about certainly sort of this ban the box so there are job opportunities, and we should be worried about housing. so those are the real issues. this other issue that the
patriotic millionaires has been saying the same thing. the group sent another pet tigds to capitol hill arguing that a h is an ethical acrifice on thec decision, joining mess from burlington vermont, is one of the members. he s cofounder and vice chairman of ben & jerry s as well. thank you for joining us. how are you doing? i m well, sir. tell me about this petition that you and dozens of other business leaders signed here? all we are saying is the burden of government hats to be paid for by something. it ought to be paid for by those most able to afford it. it doesn t make sense to raise taxes on people who are struggling financials when