same way that things like military expenditures and prison construction happens, yes.
you know, the same way that programs that manly conservatives tend to conflate with social programs they like (killing people, putting them in prison)
btw if you click here:
ICPS :School of Law :King's College London : World Prison Brief : King's College London
you can look at international statistics concerning prison populations and amounts spent on prison construction by country. the united states emprisons more people than any other country on earth.
there's something seriously fucked up about the priorities that allow for that outcome.
but i have no problem with democratic socialism except that typically it's too conservative.
so i doubt we're going to agree on anything.