programs. right? we did things to moderate capitalism. right? we had regulation, we had tax policy, workers rights. we built great societal infrastructure to make sure people have a chance. so to some extent, a bit of a false choice. we are a capitalist country that has strong social programs. and that s what i think our model is going forward. let s turn now to charles whatley, a digital media executive from el paso. mr. whatley. congressman, delaney, thank you for being here. thank you for running for office. while i think most of the people in this room, including myself, believe it would be a wonderful program to have health care provided to everyone, does the democratic party need to get in better touch with the realities of the feasibility and the affordability and the practicality of actually doing so? thank you for the question, charles. and health care comes up everywhere i go. i ve done over 300 events since i ve announced my presidency. and there hasn t been an event,
first arrived. when i first came here, i couldn t eat, i thought the food of the nasty. but i got used to the programming in here, and learned how to do what i need to survive. i eat everything every day, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. tastes better? yeah, it tastes better now. what i see from greggs, he s optimistic. he went to four classes here and parenting classes and got his certificate and everything like that, and based on that he s going to be successful. i wish it were that easy. inmates who go through the re-entry programs can still reach out to case workers for questions and support up to one year after their released. but jason whatley is proof that it doesn t work for everyone. you heard the saying in one here, out the other. it s hard to stop what you re doing wrong, especially when you ve doing it for so long. whatley did a one-year stay
here for credit card fraud. six months after his release, he violated his parole and was found with credit card-making materials. and now back for two more years. at that time, i wasn t prepared to come home and change. i never said leaving that program i was going to change and do something better. whatley has been assigned an inmate job passing out meals. it doesn t pay anything, but it has other benefits. i get to be out all day. i m not locked up. do a little work here and there, makes things easier, makes time go by much faster. tonight i have to clean showers after everybody s done. but other than that, it s pretty chill. whatley said he would gladly give up his job to participate in re-entry classes again. he was in the program before, went out and got re-arrested. i get a lot of requests to go into the program.
me and i didn t have an address at that time. so i don t know how to go about getting that back. focusing on certificates and we re having a conversation in jail. and that s what we re trying to eliminate. it s not about the certification. and you kind of proved it, it s about transformation. what brought him here, it goes back to criminal mind-set and the cognitive skill and making poor choices. but if he s gang, that s a huge component, who you re hanging with, your peers. according to mr. whatley, he s a crip, so it s a gang diversion program. we ll have the officer who runs the program go and talk to him and see if he s a good fit, a good candidate for her program. we re going to go back and talk your case over. and i ll have the officer come out and speak to you. i see some inkling to want to
it was supposed to be mailed to me and i didn t have an address at that time. so i don t know how to go about getting that back. focusing on certificates and we re having a conversation in jail. and that s what we re trying to eliminate. it s not about the certification. and you kind of proved it, it s about transformation. what brought him here, it goes back to criminal mind-set and the cognitive skill and making poor choices. but if he s gang, that s a huge component, who you re hanging with, your peers. according to mr. whatley, he s a crip, so it s a gang diversion program. we ll have the officer who runs the program go and talk to him and see if he s a good fit, a good candidate for her program. we re going to go back and talk your case over. and i ll have the officer come out and speak to you. i see some inkling to want to